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Post by tg11 on Jan 21, 2014 14:23:33 GMT -5
As for Heyman if Brock is on part-time and he leaves for a while only to come back again, then if Heyman is going to be managing someone else then it is obvious that he will be managing CM Punk, it has gotta be Punk but on the slight chance if I am wrong then I could see Heyman managing someone else
As for Mr. Kennedy, I can see him returning soon enough and if Kennedy returns then I could see him returning at either WrestleMania 29 or after WrestleMania 29 but the latest I can see Kennedy returning is SummerSlam 2013
And as for the Wyatt Family I see them going straight to the top namely Bray Wyatt with him becoming a main eventer in this diary soon enough but as for Harper and Rowan I could see them as future WWE Tag Team Champions
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 21, 2014 23:27:18 GMT -5
March 18, 2013 from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Monday Night Raw intro video airs and the cameras pan into the arena, with the pyrotechnics going off across the stage as Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcome everybody to the show. Tonight, CM Punk will go one on one against Rob Van Dam in a WrestleMania rewind match, Triple H will address his Pedigree on John Cena last week, The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar will be here and much, much more!
The cameras head up the ramp as Triple H's music hits. He proceeds to make his way out from the back, getting a mixed reaction from the WWE Universe. He slowly makes his way down to the ring and comes right into the middle of the squared circle, taking a microphone from ringside. "Last week here on Monday Night Raw we held the contract signing between John Cena and CM Punk for their WrestleMania match for the WWE Championship for the second time," He scratches his head and looks out to the crowd, "This time we actually got things done but what everyone seems to be talking about is me laying John Cena out. I have come out here right now to explain my actions, but let me first start off by saying that I really shouldn't have to explain it..." He goes to say more but the WWE Champion's music hits and John Cena proceeds to bring himself out from the back and to the ring. He gives a big smile to Hunter, whom seems very displeased with being interrupted. Cena takes a microphone of his own and comes back towards the middle of the ring, offering a handshake to the COO. Triple H looks around a bit before accepting it and backing off, still with a disapproving look.
"I know you're a little upset by me interrupting you, Hunter, but I wanted to be out here to hear your apology. I mean, you gave one to Punk when you laid him out so I'm assuming I will get one too, right?" He raises his eyebrows and gives a laugh, going to say more only to be cut off by Hunter. He tells John that he doesn't need to and doesn't plan to give him an apology. "John, I gave Punk an apology a couple of weeks ago because I hadn't given a warning beforehand... I explained very thoroughly that this is a business and I do not want to see two of my biggest stars beating the hell out of each other before their giant match at WrestleMania. That is not just my job as the COO of this company, but as the special guest enforcer - that nothing happens to damage the potential of this match. Me laying you out is strictly business, John, and it was the only way I could ensure nothing more than you staying down momentarily happened. So you don't get an apology for me doing my job, and you do not come out here and disrespect me!" The crowd gives an 'ooh' as John puts his hands up, nods and takes his hat off. He gives a bit of a laugh before pulling his own microphone back up. "Alright, Hunter, alright... now, I am not looking for any trouble, I was just looking for an explanation! But let me just tell you something right here and right now ahead of time... I am conducting my own business as well, and my business is with CM Punk. So when he crosses the line with me, I am going to lay my hands on him. Now, you can do whatever you want to try and stop that but I wish you luck in doing so because when I see that scum of the Earth standing in front of me I see nothing but red... so if you want to get caught in that line of fire... then go right ahead, playa! I don't care! Because no matter what I will not go down with out of fight and at the end of the day I will do my best to be able to look at all of these people and say: THE CHAMP! IS! HERE!" He raises the WWE Championship back up, drops the microphone down and gives a stare to Triple H before headed out of the ring, leaving the COO glaring.
Returning, Bryan Danielson brings himself down to the ring chanting 'Yes!' loudly along with the crowd. He takes a microphone from ringside once in and gives a smile, "Last week on Smackdown I defeated Seth Rollins via submission and then along with Rob Van Dam took care of the garbage - Dolph Ziggler... but in a couple of weeks at WrestleMania the question remains: Can I take out the garbage in Dolph Ziggler once again? And that answer?" He throws the microphone down, sets his briefcase off to the side and pumps his index fingers in the air, shouting 'Yes!' with the crowd once again. Jack Swagger's music hits and he comes down to the ring for tonight's opening match.
Bryan Danielson defeats Jack Swagger via submission The match kicks off with Danielson getting the upper hand of things and working Swagger all around the ring, making him look silly at times. After a missed running knee, however, Swagger blasts Bryan with a big boot. He follows it up with multiple submission holds and a set of slams. Swagger goes for the Gut Wrench Powerbomb, though, and Bryan slips free - nailing a DDT! Danielson gets momentum going his way and hits some kicks to the chest before the Running Knee and the Yes! Lock, forcing Jack to tap out rather quickly.
The WWE Universe pops loud as Danielson gets back up onto his feet, restarting the signature chants with the crowd. Just as things start to get really loud, however, Dolph Ziggler's music hits and the World Heavyweight Champion brings himself out to the ramp with a microphone in his hands. "Wow, Bryan, wow! I am so very much not impressed with you one bit... I'll admit you've been getting the upper hand on me quite a bit but let me make something clear to you right now: At WrestleMania I will walk in with my World Heavyweight Championship over my shoulder and walk out with it still there. So you can be the guy who gets the crowd going, but I'm the guy who is going to steal the show!" He gives a big laugh as the crowd boos, Ziggler's music hitting as he heads towards the back.
Dean Ambrose defeats John Morrison via pinfall
The bell tolls and the duo lock up with each other, Morrison getting the advantage to start off early. Ambrose gets aggressive fast, however, and gets some near falls. Morrison puts up a big fight and attempts the Starship Pain only for both knees to go up from Ambrose, leading to a massive momentum swing. Dean works JoMo for a couple more minutes and lets him nearly hit the referee. Ambrose nails a kick to the groin and delivers the Headlock Driver before getting the pinfall.
The crowd boos as Ambrose gets back onto his feet, licking his lips. He motions for the United States Championship that he has been targeting as of late around his waist. He stands over Morrison and spreads his arms out, giving a laugh before backing up to the ropes and heading out of the ring. Morrison stirs onto his side, unhappy with the result as Ambrose keeps the smile going.
The cameras cut backstage to Cody Rhodes talking with his brother Goldust when Ryback walks up to them, giving a cocky laugh. "You know, Rhodes brothers, I love seeing Randy Orton beat the crap out of the two of you!" He gives another laugh, letting Goldust and Rhodes stare at him, "Because you two are just the same, except for age. You both are weak and stupid and deserve what you get, just like your daddy! Hahaha!" As he continues to laugh, Cody goes to step forward only for Goldust to hold him back. Rhodes tells Ryback to meet him in the ring tonight, and he'll give him something to laugh about. Ryback continues to chuckle, and walks away.
The cameras transition to a different part of the arena where Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar are seen walking together, as they will be coming to the ring and speaking about the match at WrestleMania against The Rock - next!
Returning, the crowd is scanned over before the theme music of Brock Lesnar hits. The WWE Universe explodes as Paul Heyman heads out first, Lesnar soon following out and jogging in place. He does his signature entrance and the duo get in the ring together, looking around the arena. Heyman takes a microphone and adjusts the cuffs on his suit before spreading his arms out and pulling the microphone back, a huge smile across his face. "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman and this is my client... The Beast Incarnate... BRRROCK! LESSSNNNARRR!" The fans get loud and give a mixed reaction as Heyman gives his big smile in the direction of his client. "Now, if you didn't see me on Smackdown then I would first like to apologize you didn't get the privilege to. Let me re-iterate for you what I said on Smackdown before I hand this microphone off to Brock... at WrestleMania, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will be destroyed, snapped in half, broken and left laying in the middle of this ring in front of the millions! And millions! Of his precious, ignorant fans. My client Brock Lesnar will show no mercy upon anybody, especially those whom deserve the utmost destruction like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and you better believe when it comes time for their No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania... there will be absolutely no mercy upon your grand people's champion." He flashes another big smile and puts the microphone out for Brock, whom breaths heavily before taking it out of the hands of his agent.
Lesnar takes a couple of deep breaths into the microphone before speaking. "Everything Paul has said is absolutely one hundred percent accurate. But what Paul failed to mention is that I, Brock Lesnar, don't fuel myself on the WWE Universe. See, Rock, you need these people up and cheering you on to be at the top of your game and I know what the top of your game is like... because while you've been away from competition for ten years, I have still been fighting and proving that I am the top of the food chain! I have been getting better and better and you will not be able to stop me at WrestleMania because as soon as I lay a finger on you, these people will be stunned and you will have nothing to ride on... so Rock, get your ass ready... because I'm going to rip you to pieces." He throws the microphone down, gives a grin followed up by a loud yell to the crowd. His music hits once again and the two head towards the ropes and out of the ring.
The Usos vs The Prime Time Players vs Big E Langston and Kofi Kingston goes to a No Contest
The bell rings as Jimmy, Titus and Kofi start things off. Just as they begin to pick up action with each other, however, the Kings of Wrestling come rushing down to the ring and start to take out all three teams, causing the match to immediately lose control and the official to have no choice but to call it off.
The Kings of Wrestling seem to be gaining control of the beat down but all the teams start to lose control and go at it with each other. Just as things start to get out of hand completely, however, Stephanie McMahon comes out to the ramp ordering them to stop repeatedly. "My husband made this match here tonight in order to find out who would face the WWE Tag Team Champions, Antonio Cesaro and Kassius Ohno, on the WrestleMania pre-show. Now that you have completely ruined this match, Kings of Wresting, you will get to face all three teams with your titles on the line on the WrestleMania pre-show! Congratulations!" She gives a big grin as the crowd gives a small pop for the announcement, the trio of challengers seeming more satisfied with the idea than the champions.
The cameras pan to ringside where Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler talk about how big of a pre-show match that is, and it is just the pre-show! They proceed to run down the matches announced for WrestleMania so far: Bryan Danielson vs Dolph Ziggler for the World Heavyweight Championship, Rob Van Dam vs Seth Rollins for the Intercontinental Championship, The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho, Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar vs The Rock in a No Holds Barred Match and John Cena vs CM Punk for the WWE Championship. More will be announced before then, but as announced last week on Smackdown - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will be there to perform the theme song, "Can't Hold Us"!
Mark Henry with Big Show and Sheamus defeats Wade Barrett via pinfall The match begins and in close fashion to last week, Barrett begins the match by trying to get a quick and early win. Henry refuses to go down after the first couple of times and begins to run right through Barrett, getting a couple of near falls of his own. Barrett starts to get cocky after hitting a huge big boot, and trash talks Show and Sheamus. He steps right back to Henry and the World's Strongest Slam, however, leading to the easy three count for The World's Strongest Man.
Henry gets back up onto his feet and is joined by Show and Sheamus in the middle of the ring. They turn their shoulders away and look all around the arena, looking out for The Wyatt Family. After a few moments, the lights flicker and Bray Wyatt appears on the titantron with just a lantern lighting the area around him. He gives a very loud chuckle and spreads his arms out, "You boys continue to amaze me! Haha, you continue to capture my attention as you come out to play and portray the monsters you are not! I keep on preaching, and preaching and preaching and I try and tell you of your wrongdoings because you are just fake but you don't listen... no, no, no man! You don't listen at all! You don't open your eyes and SEE!" He takes a deep breath and scoffs, before giving another loud laugh, "You will see my friends. You will see when the time comes! That you are manipulators but are not master manipulators... when Sister Abigail gives me the call you shall see what happens when an imposter meets the real monster!" He spreads his arms out and laughs louder and louder, Harper and Rowan coming out from the shadows. "Follow! The buzzards!" The screen fuzzes up and fades out.
Returning, Dean Ambrose is in the office of Stephanie McMahon and pleading his case to be the United States Champion. Multiple superstars follow up by coming in and demanding answers as to what she is going to do about the vacant title belt. Stephanie raises her hands up, ordering them all to be quiet. "Next week here on Monday Night Raw, I will make an official announcement regarding the United States Championship after I go over things with the board of directors. Now, if you would all exit my office and let me do my very busy job, I would appreciate it!" All of the superstars start to head out but Dolph Ziggler walks in and Stephanie throws her hands out, asking what he wants now. Ziggler raises his eyebrows up and crosses his arms, "What do I want, Steph? What I want is for things to be ran right around here. Last week on Smackdown your husband demanded control and order but then let things get out of hand at the end of the show. Now, Rob Van Dam and Bryan Danielson targeted me together and don't suffer any consequences!? Now please try and tell me there isn't favoritism going on in here!" Stephanie puts her hands up in frustration and tells Dolph that on Smackdown this week, he will get the opportunity to team up with Seth Rollins to face both Rob Van Dam and Bryan Danielson in a tag team match. She orders him out of her office and Ziggler raises his eyebrows, scoffing before leaving the room.
The cameras transition to a different part of the arena where The Miz is in dress clothes, talking to Cody Rhodes and Goldust. He tells the two of them that once they get through Ryback to put all the focus on Randy Orton because somebody needs to take care of him. Cody shakes his head, "I know, Mike, I know. It's just that this whole thing with Randy is driving me crazy so when somebody like Ryback gets in my face..." He shakes his head and Miz tells him he knows, and not to worry about it. "Get the job done and then defeat Randy Orton at WrestleMania. Don't just defeat him... kick his ass. Because we all know that would be... awesome." He gives a smile, pats Cody on the back and the Rhodes Brothers head off as Cody faces Ryback - next.
Cody Rhodes with Goldust defeats Ryback via pinfall The bell goes off and Ryback starts things off early with a vicious assault in the corner before tossing Cody all around the ring. After a few minutes of control by 'The Big Guy', Rhodes begins to put up a strong fight and ends up knocking Ryback right through the ropes off the Disaster Kick. Upon the return, Rhodes beats down Ryback in the corner in a sitting position and starts to get tons of control. After a missed splash in the corner, however, Ryback hits the Meat Hook Clothesline. He gets momentum going his way but gets too cocky and ends up being blasted with the Disaster Kick and the Cross Rhodes, leading to the pinfall by Rhodes.
Cody gets onto his feet and starts to scream out to the crowd in anger. He stomps on Ryback viciously until he rolls out of the ring, Goldust having to come in and hold Cody back. As he continues to try and pull away from his brother, Randy Orton comes into the ring from behind and drops both men with hard clubs across the back! The Viper starts to stomp away at Goldust until Cody jumps right on him, bringing Orton to the mat and applying a choke hold. He continues to wrench away at it, refusing to let go even when multiple officials come rushing down to the ring. Cody continues to scream in frustration, and even refuses to let go when Goldust tries to get him off. He eventually lets go and Orton lays passed out in the middle of the ring, Cody storming around the ring and stomping at the steel steps and barricade. Goldust hurries over to his brother and tries to calm him down going up the ramp, but Cody refuses to listen.
Returning, the cameras go to ringside to Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler and the duo discuss who has been announced as inductees into the Hall of Fame so far this year: Edge, Bob Backlund, Bruno Sammartino and Donald Trump. Tonight, a huge icon in the WWE will be joining the class. A video begins to air, highlighting all the historic women wrestlers in history before coming up to the original Diva, Sunny. The video highlights how Sunny was known as the "original diva" with the way she looked and how she portrayed herself. The video comes to a conclusion and Jerry Lawler gives his usual reaction to attractive women by yelping like a dog. Cole tells him to get over himself with a laugh, and the two proceed to state that Sunny will be inducted by many of today's WWE Divas at the same time. Lawler goes to say something else, but Cole once again tells him to calm down.
Diva's Champion Kaitlyn and Layla defeat AJ Lee and Natalya with Beth Phoenix via count-out
The bell rings, Layla starting off with Natalya. The son of Jim gets beat down pretty hard and Layla starts making frequent tags with Kaitlyn until a tag is made to AJ Lee. She comes storming into the ring and goes crazy on Kaitlyn and Layla until the Diva's Champion blasts her with a spear. As Kaitlyn is about to go for the pin, however, Beth Phoenix pulls AJ out of the ring. Kaitlyn and Layla turn their attention to Natalya but she joins Beth and AJ around the ring. They begin to back up the ramp and the referee gets to a count of ten.
The crowd gives some boos until Kaitlyn grabs a microphone, glaring right at the trio halfway up the ramp. "You can keep on running, girls, but at WrestleMania you won't be running when you face me, Layla and this woman!" She points up the ramp and the three turn around slowly, "MMA's greatest woman fighter, Ronda Rousey!" The crowd gives a decent pop as Rousey comes out to the ramp, pounding her fist into her hand with a grin. Beth, AJ and Natalya all look in shock and immediately scatter as Rousey starts to make her way towards them. Ronda proceeds to join Kaitlyn and Layla in the ring and raises their arms up before flexing her muscles, as she will be at WrestleMania to team up with the WWE Divas.
Returning, the crowd is looked over and the lights suddenly go out. The fans begin to roar and the familiar bell is rung. The Undertaker's eerie music begins to play and the Dead Man emerges from the back just a few moments later, the WWE Universe exploding. The Dead Man brings himself down to the ring very slowly in signature fashion and enters the ring, a microphone gripped tightly in his hand. He pulls it up slowly and looks out into the crowd, "Upon the stage of WrestleMania I hath walked down twenty times without a loss and I hath walked away twenty times without a loss. Chris Jericho believes he can step into the kennel of the dog and take it over. What Chris thinks is that I have nothing left in my career but to keep my streak alive... but when you attack the rabid dog inside his kennel and have nothing to put him down with, he will strike and he will not let up until he has killed his predator." The crowd begins a chant of Undertaker's name and he stays momentarily silent as they chant before pulling the microphone back up, only to be cut off by Chris Jericho's theme song. Y2J comes out from the back and starts to head down the ramp but stops himself right at the bottom.
The two stare down as the lights stay dim but highlighted on the two WWE legends. Jericho brings a microphone up and continues to stare down his adversary, "Your little comparisons to dogs in the kennel and me not being able to put you down are cute, Dead Man. They are real, real cute. The fact of the matter is I can put you down because I have put down everybody that has gotten in my way before because I am the best in the world at what I do..." He stares Undertaker down some more and continues, "We have twenty days until WrestleMania and when that day comes, Dead Man, you will be going down! Twenty have stepped up before you upon the stage of WrestleMania but none of them have been Chris Jericho and you better get it through your head that I am the most dangerous opponent you've ever had and I don't just mean at WrestleMania... I mean EVER!" The crowd shouts 'Everrrrrrrr!' afterward but Jericho stays serious and refuses to go back to his old antics and stay serious. The two continue to stare down and Jericho tosses his microphone down, backing up the ramp. As he gets near the top, however, the lights begin to flicker out. The Undertaker's bell tolls once again and the lights come on about ten seconds later, Undertaker standing atop the ramp right behind Jericho. The WWE Universe goes nuts as Jericho begins to yell at them, thinking Undertaker just disappeared as he usually has. Y2J slowly turns around and the Dead Man takes him by the throat, preparing to chokeslam him only for the lights to go back out before he raises Chris off his feet. The lights flicker back on and Jericho is left down on one knee, with The Undertaker's signature cross hanging above him from the rafters. The crowd continues to cheer on as Y2J is left atop the stage, the mind games still going on.
CM Punk defeats Rob Van Dam via pinfall
The bell goes off and the two come to the middle of the ring, locking up with each other. Punk gets very vicious early on and takes RVD all around the ring with a ferocious beat down. As he goes for a top rope clothesline, however, RVD blasts him with a kick to the gut. He delivers a hard kick up into the jaw and starts throwing kicks around, taking control of the match until Punk pulls himself out of the ring and up against the announce table, leading to a commercial break. Upon the return, Punk keeps RVD grounded and keeps him down for the next few minutes until RVD gets free and begins to swing momentum his way. He even delivers the Five Star Frog Splash but Punk manages to kick out of the pin attempt. RVD continues to keep momentum for himself but as he goes for the Rolling Thunder, Punk puts his knees up and gets things going his way. He gets a couple of ground submission holds going and beats RVD up in the corner, eventually blasting him with a running knee to the jaw. He goes for the GTS but RVD gets free, hits a swinging kick to the face. He goes to the top turnbuckle only for Seth Rollins to appear on the titantron and yell RVD's name, giving a laugh. Rob gets caught off guard by it and goes to ignore it, but as he goes for the Five Star Frog Splash, too much time has gone by. Punk puts both his knees up and gets onto his feet, delivering the Go To Sleep and getting the pinfall.
Punk gets up onto his feet and throws his hands out, running around the ring. He pounds on his chest and yells out to the crowd, calling himself the best in the world. He starts to laugh and points up the ramp, leaning a bit as he waits for John Cena. The theme music hits of the WWE Champion but instead of coming down the ramp, Cena comes from behind through the crowd. Punk looks up at the titantron and sends a wild kick in a spin motion, only for Cena to duck under it and trip him to the mat! Cena quickly locks in the STF and pulls on it with all his strength. He continues to pull at it and Triple H comes storming from the back, throwing his suit jacket off. He comes into the ring and Cena lets go, getting right up into Hunter's face. They begin to argue back and forth but the COO puts both his hands up, trying to get John to back down. As the two start to settle down a bit, Punk spins Cena around and goes for a hard kick - only to blast Triple H right in the face! The Game falls to the mat and Punk immediately looks in shock, Cena taking advantage of the opportunity to drop Punk with the Attitude Adjustment! He gets up at first but then turns his attention to Triple H, checking down on him. The special guest enforcer for the WrestleMania main event tells Cena he is fine and starts to get up, him and Cena left staring across the ring at Punk down on the mat as Monday Night Raw comes to an explosive end.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 21, 2014 23:35:02 GMT -5
| WWE Championship Special Guest Enforcer: Triple H John Cena(c) vs CM Punk
No Holds Barred Match Brock Lesnar vs The Rock
World Heavyweight Championship Dolph Ziggler(c) vs Bryan Danielson
Singles Match The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho
Singles Match Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes
Intercontinental Championship Seth Rollins(c) vs Rob Van Dam
Six Diva Tag Team Match Kaitlyn, Layla and Ronda Rousey vs Beth Phoenix, AJ Lee and Natalya
PRE-SHOW: Fatal Four Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championships The Kings of Wrestling(c) vs The Prime Time Players vs Big E Langston and Kofi Kingston vs The Usos | Official Theme Songs | Hall of Fame Inductees | | Edge by Christian Bob Backlund by Maria Menounos Bruno Sammartino by Arnold Schwarzenegger Donald Trump by Vince McMahon Sunny by The WWE Divas |
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Post by AKing1979 on Jan 22, 2014 13:22:14 GMT -5
Nice opening segment between Triple H and Cena, with a plausible explanation from Triple H. Plus eh says he isn't going to favor either man in the title match, at least for the moment. Another good segment between Jericho and Taker, with Taker getting back at Jericho for th ebeatdown last week. You're doing a good job building up their match at Mania which is more interesting than the real life 'for-the-heck-of-it' Triple H/Taker match. Good win for Cory over Ryback to give him momentum for his match with Orton. The post-match assault suggests a tag match in the future, possibly on Smackdown. Shame Barrett lost to Henry but Henry and his pals are the ones fighting the Wyatt family so I guess he needed the win more. Rhonda Rousey at Wrestlemania? Why not, it's your universe. Solid promo by Lesnar and he's right, he's been competing in Japan and UFC while Rock was making movies. I'd still like to see a face-to-face confrontation before Mania, hopefully we get one. Good main event and good win for Punk but I'm not sure about RVD taking another loss, regardless of Seth's involvement. RVD needs to start looking strong going into his title match so hopefully you give him some wins. Good closing segment as well, making me rethink my earlier statement of Triple H being neutral.
Overall another good episode of Raw, though I don't know about building both world title matches on each show. Just seems a little redundant, but that's my opinion.
I'd appreciate some feedback in my diary in return.
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Post by tg11 on Jan 22, 2014 17:51:38 GMT -5
The opening segment with Triple H and Cena, I felt that Triple H's explanation was somewhat plausible but at the same time we all know that he is going to turn heel on Cena like it is so obvious like I feel like my intelligence is being insulted here because I can see Triple H's heel turn coming from a mile away, he can say that he is going to call this right down the middle but we all know at least I know that Triple H is lying right through his teeth
Undertaker/Jericho segment I definitely loved it because Taker got one back over Jericho after Jericho beat the holy hell out of him last week so to see Taker play more mind games with Jericho here I have to say that the mind games are getting to Jericho because he can say that he can beat Taker but I don't think that he can because 20 men have tried and 20 men have all failed, let me run down the list of superstars who have tried to end the streak but failed miserably especially in this diary: Snuka, Jake the Snake Roberts, Giant Gonzalez, King Kong Bundy, "Diesel" Kevin Nash, Sycho Sid, Kane not once but twice, The Big Boss Man, Triple H, Ric Flair, A-Train & Big Show, Randy Orton, Mark Henry, Batista, Edge, Shawn Michaels, John Cena not once but twice, and even Mr. McMahon & his son Shane tried to end the streak and they failed so what makes Jericho any different from any one of those men?
Cody beating Ryback and then flying off the handle like that beating the holy hell out of Ryback, this isn't a side I don't think we have ever seen from Cody before and maybe Cody is proving that he is the hot-tempered Rhodes brother but also that Orton is getting into his head but I don't think Cody can beat Orton
Henry beating Barrett is not that much of a surprise but given that he, Sheamus and Show are facing the Wyatt Family or are going to they are going to need all the momentum that they can get
Ronda Rousey as Layla and Kaitlyn's partner, this is a surprise to me most definitely because not only is Ronda Rousey one of the greatest female MMA fighters today but she is also a movie star on the rise because she is going to be in Expendables 3 but also she is on the cover of Maxim magazine too, she is one tough lady but sexy too on top of it, so seeing Ronda team up with Layla and Kaitlyn to face Beth, Natalya and AJ at Mania should be great
I loved Lesnar's promo as far as his match with The Rock goes at WrestleMania 29 because this match is going to be brutal, as physical as they come because this match is not just going to be a fight it is going to be a war but also Brock he was so right in the sense that while Rock was off in Hollywood making movies Lesnar was in Japan but also in UFC fighting for a living so he has gotten better and better ever since leaving the WWE but now that he is back in a WWE ring Lesnar has pretty much been unstoppable so here is hoping Lesnar and Rock have a face-off before WrestleMania 29
This will be Brock Lesnar's first WrestleMania match in almost 9 years considering his last WrestleMania appearance was WrestleMania 20 when he faced Goldberg and this will be Rock's first WrestleMania match in almost 9 years considering Rock's last WrestleMania appearance was WrestleMania 20 as well when he teamed up with Mick Foley as the Rock n Sock Connection and they faced off against Evolution (Orton, Batista, and Flair) in a 3 on 2 Handicap Match but also this will be Brock Lesnar vs The Rock SummerSlam 2002 rematch but 11 years later, 11 years in the making for Brock and Rock, something has gotta give
CM Punk beating RVD in the main event was expected, because Punk is the 2013 Royal Rumble Match winner and he is in the main event at WrestleMania 29 facing off against the WWE Champion John Cena in the main event so Punk needs all the momentum that he can get right now
But as for how you closed RAW, with Punk laying out Triple H like that I still think that it is all a smokescreen and that Punk and Triple H are in cahoots or they still are and that Cena is going to get screwed...I can see this coming from a mile away
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Post by tg11 on Jan 22, 2014 17:59:49 GMT -5
But your WrestleMania 29 card itself looks pretty full especially with each and every match because you have the Pre-Show which is the WWE Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way with Kings of Wrestling (c) defending their titles against PTP, The Usos and Kofi & Big E.
Then the main card already you have the WWE Intercontinental Championship match between Seth Rollins (c) and Rob Van Dam, Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar vs The Rock in a No Holds Barred Match, Six Diva Tag Team Match with Beth, Natalya and AJ vs Layla, Kaitlyn and Ronda Rousey, The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho (Streak Match 21-0 or 20-1), the World Heavyweight Championship match between Dolph Ziggler (c) and Bryan Danielson, and then the main event being for the WWE Championship with John Cena (c) defending against CM Punk with Triple H as the Special Guest Enforcer
And then you have the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame class with Edge, Bob Backlund, Donald Trump, Bruno Sammartino, and Sunny all being inducted, that is a pretty heavy class if I do say so myself
Your WrestleMania 29 could be your best WrestleMania yet
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underjohngrohs
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Post by underjohngrohs on Jan 24, 2014 1:02:11 GMT -5
nice interview with Triple H explaining what he did to John Cena last week, but Cena coming out and confronting The Game, see I hope this leads to a Triple H heel turn at WrestleMania 29,
good promo and victory from Danielson over Swagger, but Ziggler coming out and ruining Danielson's moment, well I think Bryan's going to win the World Heavyweight Title and do it for a second time,
Nice win for Ambrose over Morrison, Ambrose is certainly on a roll wanting the WWE United States Championship,
good backstage segment with Rhodes and Ryback, I think Rhodes should win against a top contender like Ryback since these two are definitely going to be booked for a match,
interview from Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman sounded good, hope The Rock wins this potential match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 29, that would be an awesome sight to see The Rock win against The Next Big Thing at WrestleMania,
Fatal-Four Way Match for the Tag Team Titles at the Pre-Show WrestleMania, and guess what I called it, I knew we were going to have a fatal-four way match for the titles anyway,
nice win for Henry against Barrett, hope Henry. Show and Sheamus knock some sense into the Wyatt Family's head at WrestleMania, cause The Wyatt Family are a major threat against these three
I didn't know the United States Title was vacated either, hopefully Stephanie will do something about this,
great win for Rhodes against Ryback, and his attack on Randy after the match was totally brutal that Cody had choked him out so bad, This is certainly the attitude of Cody Rhodes,
who is Ronda Roussey, she's teaming up with Kaitlyn and Layla to take on AJ, Beth and Natalya at WrestleMania, this should be an awesome divas match
great segment with The Undertaker and Chris Jericho and the aftermath of The Undertaker's cross on the stage, more mind games against Jericho, I hope Jericho doesn't break The Undertaker's streak, if so. That would be big, cause Jericho's done it all, he's beaten The Rock and Stone Cold at Vengeance, he's been in the ring with the best at WrestleMania, he took out Shawn Michaels's career at WrestleMania 27, and he can take out The Undertaker's streak at WrestleMania 29, if this happens. Then we could see the last of The Undertaker for good, All these men who faced The Undertaker at WrestleMania all failed, but I bet you The Deadman is going to continue and retain his undefeated streak against Jericho.
great win for Punk against RVD, but then again all hell breaks loose between Cena/Punk and Triple H. This time it's Cena standing tall against The Game and Punk, well great show man, like TG11 said, you could have a great WrestleMania 29, it's almost three weeks away, I'm really looking forward for it,
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Post by snickelodeon on Jan 26, 2014 8:15:45 GMT -5
One thing you are doing well is capturing the road to Wrestlemania feel. That's not as easy as some would think...
WrestleMania is ready to go now besides the US title match.
I have come round on taker and jericho but not enjoying HHH being the focal point of the Mania main but we'll see how it plays out.
Smack Down and Raw were a good read and I enjoy this format more than the monthly format u did previous.
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Post by snickelodeon on Jan 26, 2014 8:18:29 GMT -5
One thing you are doing well is capturing the road to Wrestlemania feel. That's not as easy as some would think...
WrestleMania is ready to go now besides the US title match.
I have come round on taker and jericho but not enjoying HHH being the focal point of the Mania main but we'll see how it plays out.
Smack Down and Raw were a good read and I enjoy this format more than the monthly format u did previous.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 28, 2014 0:36:04 GMT -5
March 21, 2013 from the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
The Smackdown intro video airs and the cameras go into the arena as Michael Cole and Josh Mathews welcome everybody to the show. Tonight, in the main event it will be Bryan Danielson and Rob Van Dam going up against their respective WrestleMania opponents, World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins. Also, Randy Orton will be addressing the attack by Cody Rhodes this past Monday. The commentary crew also makes a reminder that there will be no episode of Smackdown in two weeks time before WrestleMania, and therefore only two episodes of Smackdown are left before WrestleMania!
The theme music of Randy Orton hits and he brings himself out slowly from the back to a lot of heat from the crowd. The Viper makes his way down to the ring and grabs a microphone from ringside, and is clearly unhappy. He wipes at his mouth before jerking his head around, looking forward into the main camera. "This past Monday on Raw I was assaulted by Cody Rhodes... I was ASSAULTED! I was taken to the mat and choked out by that punk and I come out here tonight to get my revenge. I want Cody Rhodes to bring himself out here, get in my face and give me the apology I deserve! NOBODY DOES WHAT HE DID TO ME!" Orton continues to breath heavily and marches around the ring, continuing to call Cody down to the ring. After a few more moments, Rhodes and Goldust proceed to bring themselves out to the ramp in street clothes. They slowly bring themselves down towards the ring before entering.
Cody grabs a microphone and stares right at Orton, The Viper mouthing off to him with his microphone to his side. Goldust puts his hand in front of Cody before he strikes and Rhodes pulls his microphone up, "You were assaulted, Randy!? You were assaulted!? You attacked my father and put him in the hospital! A man nearly seventy years old, yet I assaulted you!? You got a lot of damn nerve you son of a-" He starts to step forward but Goldust once again holds him back, bringing him against the ropes and taking the microphone away slowly. He turns back to Randy and pulls the mic up, responding. "Randy... this whole rivalry between you and my brother is getting very personal and the only reason it is getting this personal and this violent is because of YOUR actions. Not Cody's. I'd rather not see you two go at it over and over again and I'd like to see my brother walk off satisfied. Trust me, I'd love to see him choke you out here again because you deserve it." The crowd pops and Goldust continues on, "But I also want him to keep his job... I want him to keep his job long enough to be able to beat you at WrestleMania!" The WWE Universe once again pops and Orton stomps around, before turning back to the Rhodes brothers only for the theme music of Evan Bourne to hit before he can go for an attack. Bourne brings himself down to the ring as Rhodes and Goldust exit the ring as Orton and Bourne will be facing off one on one - next.
Randy Orton defeats Evan Bourne via pinfall Returning, the match is underway and Orton is control. He continues to look at Rhodes and Goldust at ringside while beating down Bourne, and gets too distracted at one point. Bourne starts to rock Randy all around the ring and builds some momentum up. He gets a couple of near falls but gets suddenly stopped with a vicious uppercut. Orton starts to work him slowly once again and gives him the Rope Hung DDT right in front of Cody Rhodes on the outside. The Viper begins to work Bourne back in the ring before finally finishing him off with a vicious RKO and pinfall.
Orton rises up onto his feet and begins to lick his lips, turning right to the Rhodes brothers on the outside. He motions for them to come into the ring but Goldust holds Cody back. Randy starts to talk trash at Goldust and the Bizarre One turns his attention towards the ring. He hops onto the apron and starts to talk back and forth with Randy, but before Goldust can get into the ring Cody comes charging from behind! Orton anticipates it, however, and throws him right against his brother - sending him into the announce table face first. Rhodes turns around slowly and is blasted with the RKO! Orton slides onto his hands and knees and pounds his fists, grabbing Cody by the neck and talking into his ear before throwing his face back down. He slowly moves towards the ropes before getting back onto his feet, giving an evil laugh before exiting the ring.
Returning, the commentary team of Cole and Mathews talk about how this past Monday, Kaitlyn and Layla found a third woman to go up against the dangerous trio of Beth Phoenix, AJ Lee and Natalya. A replay airs with Kaitlyn and Layla winning their match via count out before Kaitlyn would announce their third, and partner for WrestleMania: Mixed martial arts star, Ronda Rousey. She would come out to the ramp and would scare Lee, Phoenix and Natalya off to the back before joining Kaitlyn and Layla in the ring.
AJ Lee with Beth Phoenix and Natalya defeats Diva's Champion Kaitlyn with Layla via pinfall in a non-title match The bell rings and AJ takes control of the match early on, working on the mat and in the corners and locks in multiple submission holds. Kaitlyn gets really frustrated and starts to go crazy with shots to Lee until Natalya trips her up on one side of the ring. The official catches Natalya and sends her to the back, but as she does that Beth Phoenix gets up on the other side of the ring, leading to Kaitlyn charging at her only for Layla to yank Beth down. As she is taken down however, AJ is able to hit the Shining Wizard on Kaitlyn and pin the Diva's Champion.
The crowd gives some boos as Lee gets onto her feet, laughing over the cheap victory. Layla gets onto her feet on the outside and charges into the ring, only to be blindsided by Natalya with a clothesline! Phoenix soon joins into the ring and the trio begin a beat down on both Kaitlyn and Layla. Phoenix finishes them both off with the Glam Slam. The three raise their arms up together with smiles across the faces, clearly ready to take out the two - but will they be ready to when Ronda Rousey is there to make it three on three?
Returning, Tony Chimel proceeds to announce the World Heavyweight Champion, Dolph Ziggler. The music hits and the crowd boos as Ziggler makes his way out to the ramp and down to the ring, following his usual cocky entrance. He grabs a microphone and smiles to the fans, "Am I going to retain the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania in two weeks against Bryan Danielson?" He starts to nod, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" He gives a laugh before wiping his hand through his hair, giving a snicker to the fans as they try and respond with chants of 'No!' as loud as they can. "Let me ask another question... am I going to be on the winning side of tonight's main event with Seth Rollins against Bryan and Rob Van Dam? Yes! Am I the show off and the best!? Yes! Do I give a damn what you people think about me!? NO!" He gives a big stare out to the fans as they continue to boo him, before breaking out into chants for Bryan. Ziggler tells the WWE Universe that it doesn't matter what Bryan has done to him over the weeks, when they get to WrestleMania it will be all but over as Dolph will defeat Danielson and the crowd will be forced to chant "No!", only for Ziggler to throw his title belt back over his shoulder and respond with a simple "Yes" before exiting the ring. Ziggler makes his way to the back, the same cocky smile showing.
The cameras pan backstage to Stephanie McMahon walking down a hallway on her phone. She tells whoever is on the other line she has to go and puts the phone in her pocket after hanging up. She crosses her arms and asks what the hell 'they' want. The Kings of Wrestling step forward and give a laugh together, Ohno telling Stephanie he is really not happy about the match she made for the WrestleMania pre-show with them having to defend against three other teams. Cesaro agrees and says that they have been defending their belts on a consistent basis since winning them at Summerslam. Stephanie tells them that it should be no problem then, and that they should have no problem being in a match up next against The Usos. She gives a smile to them, wishes them luck and heads off.
The Usos defeat WWE Tag Team Champions The Kings of Wrestling via pinfall in a non-title match The match starts off with Jimmy and Kassius, and the latter takes control early on. He makes frequent tags with Cesaro and they seem to have total control of the match. As Ohno gets a little too laid back, however, and Jimmy begins to put up a strong fight. He makes a tag to Jey and he charges in, swinging momentum in favor of The Usos. The KOW get things going back their way, though, following a huge uppercut from Ohno. As it seems that the champions will win, however, Big E Langston and Kofi Kingston come down to the ring, trash talking the champs. The Prime Time Players follow out after and join in on the exchange, also beginning an argument along with Langston and Kingston. It gives enough of a distraction to allow The Usos to attack the champions and they end up putting them away with a double splash, and a "double" pinfall to end it.
The crowd cheers but The Usos don't have much time to celebrate as the two teams on the outside jump into the ring, motioning for the tag team title belts. They all begin to argue with each other and a brawl breaks out between the three teams. The Kings of Wrestling roll out of the ring slowly together and back up against the barricade, watching their three challengers for the WrestleManai pre-show go at it inside the ring.
Returning, a video begins to air by highlighting all the historic women wrestlers in history before coming up to the original Diva, Sunny. The video highlights how Sunny was known as the "original diva" with the way she looked and how she portrayed herself. The video comes to a conclusion as some of today's top WWE Divas will be inducting Sunny at the same time.
The Miz defeats Ryback via pinfall The bell rings and Ryback tosses Miz all around the ring, giving a cocky laugh every time. Miz ducks under a clothesline and begins to rock Ryback all around with his strikes. He goes for a bulldog but is caught by the waist and thrown chest first into the corner. Ryback delivers some vicious slams and tosses Miz around some more before blasting him with the Meat Hook Clothesline. He decides to take his time instead of going for the victory, allowing The Miz to take time to recover and slide off the shoulders and roll Ryback up for the three count!
The Miz slowly rolls to the ropes and gets out of the ring, raising both his arms up. Ryback gets onto his feet bewildered and starts to throw his arms up over his head. He heads over to the ropes and kicks at them, yelling at Miz to get back in the ring. Miz refuses and just laughs at Ryback before headed up the ramp and to the back. A graphic appears for the main event later on: Bryan Danielson and Rob Van Dam versus Seth Rollins and Dolph Ziggler.
Returning, a video for the WWE Be A Star program, featuring the likes of John Cena, Kaitlyn, The Miz and Bryan Danielson meeting with younger kids within a community about not being a bully, but being a star.
Dean Ambrose defeats John Morrison, Jack Swagger and Rey Mysterio via pinfall The four men vying for a shot at the vacant United States Championship all stand in separate corners before charging across at each other - Ambrose at Morrison and Mysterio at Swagger. They go back and forth and switch things up every once in a while. The match picks up quickly and a commercial break interrupts halfway through as all four men go down outside of the ring. Upon the return, Morrison gets a near fall on both Ambrose and Swagger only for Mysterio to break up the pins. Him and Morrison go at it a bit themselves before joining forces against Swagger. Ambrose comes into the ring from behind and takes out Morrison and Swagger, allowing himself to hit the Headlock Driver on Mysterio and get the pinfall.
Ambrose gets onto his feet and starts to laugh, running his hands through his hair repeatedly. He motions for the United States Championship and grabs a hold of the camera outside of the ring, talking into it, "You see that Stephanie!? You see that Stephanie McMahon!? THAT IS WHY I SHOULD BE THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION AND NOBODY ELSE!" He shakes the camera viciously before shoving it away. He exits the ring and makes his way towards the back.
Returning, Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins are backstage talking with each other. The two champions begin to laugh and Ziggler tells Rollins that he is going to get the pinfall over Danielson tonight, so he doesn't have to worry about anything. "No, no, no, Dolph... I am getting the pin over RVD tonight. So YOU don't have to worry about anything." The two start to argue back and forth before Rollins yells at Ziggler to shut up over and over. Dolph tells him not to tell him what to do and Rollins puts his hands up, "Calm down, Dolph, alright? How about we both go out there and do what we do and walk out the winners and prove ourselves even though we really don't have to." He raises his eyebrows and Ziggler agrees. The two walk off, ready for the upcoming match.
The cameras proceed to transition to Matt Striker and he introduces his guest at this time to be Rob Van Dam. The crowd pops in the background as RVD steps up, patting Striker on the back. Matt thanks him for his time and asks what he plans on doing tonight along with Danielson. Rob shrugs his shoulders, "With Bryan? I plan on kicking the asses of both Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins. And the question I pose is... will we?" Bryan steps in on the other side of Striker, shouting 'Yes!'. RVD continues on, with the expected responses from Bryan. "Are we going to get our hands on both our guys and show them an example of what we will do at WrestleMania? (Yes!) Does the WWE Universe have our backs? (Yes!) Are we going to not just win tonight, but on the grandest stage of them all!? (Yes!)" RVD gives a nod and high fives Bryan as the two head off, the main event coming up next.
Bryan Danielson and Rob Van Dam defeat World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins via pinfall The bell tolls as RVD starts off with Ziggler. The two go back and forth early on and Ziggler gets the upper hand, making some tags with Rollins and getting their damage in on Rob. He starts to fight back against Rollins, however, and makes the hot tag to Danielson. He charges into the ring and delivers a dropkick to Ziggler on the apron and the Running Knee to Seth, knocking him out of the ring. A commercial break interrupts as Bryan gets the crowd going with loud chants of 'Yes!'. Upon the return, Danielson remains in control over Rollins until he misses a diving headbutt from the top rope. Ziggler is tagged in and he comes in and starts to beat down his WrestleMania opponent. He goes for the Zig Zag but Danielson manages to slip free after grabbing the ropes. Bryan staggers over to his corner and makes the tag to RVD, and he comes running in and drops Ziggler a few times. A tag is made to Rollins after a hard dropkick, only for RVD to make the tag to Danielson while he falls. Bryan comes charging in and trades shots with Rollins and the duo go back and forth a few times before he delivers the vicious Running Knee! Danielson hooks both legs up, staring at Ziggler off and against the announce table as the official gives the three count.
Danielson gets up slowly and moves over to the ropes, looking at Ziggler on the outside - whom just stays backed off. He grabs his World Heavyweight Championship belt and backs away carefully. Bryan turns to RVD and points at him as he climbs to the top turnbuckle. He gives his three thumbs and says along with the crowd his name before blasting Rollins with the Five Star Frog Splash! Rollins flops a bit before rolling out of the ring. Ziggler continues to make his way around the ring and towards the rampway, Bryan keeping a close eye on him. He motions for the World Title around his waist and he points up to the WrestleMania logo up in the rafters. RVD moves over to him and starts the 'Yes!' chant, getting the crowd going on as Smackdown comes to an end.
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Post by tg11 on Jan 28, 2014 15:26:22 GMT -5
Smackdown opening up with Randy Orton, I can't complain with that but Orton complaining about what happened to him on RAW, I can't say that I blame him because Rhodes went off on him like a lunatic but at the same time Orton had to expect a reaction out of Cody and seemingly the rivalry of theirs has become more and more personal with RAW being the breaking point but still I can't wait to see these 2 go at it at WrestleMania 29 because I have a feeling these 2 men will steal the show at WrestleMania 29
Orton beating Evan Bourne, these 2 actually have a chemistry together in that ring especially whenever they face each other and this match proved no different because it was a great opening match but at the same time Orton proving to be too much for Bourne, at least Orton has momentum heading into WrestleMania 29 into his match with Cody Rhodes but seeing Orton attack Rhodes after the match, Orton is now the Orton of old, he isn't starting to make that transition he already has and just seeing Orton act the way he is now he is more dangerous than he has ever been and Rhodes honestly stands no chance
AJ Lee beats Kaitlyn, I didn't think that that would happen but seeing AJ beat Kaitlyn like this, she has a win over the WWE Divas Champion and if anything that should at least shoot her straight into a #1 Contender's spot but at the same time AJ getting the win it gives her momentum heading into Mania since her, Beth and Natalya are facing the team of Kaitlyn, Layla, and MMA superstar Ronda Rousey which I definitely can't wait to see because Ronda not only is she an ass kicker in MMA in UFC but basically she is on her way to being a movie superstar too because she is going to be in The Expendables 3 and she is from what I hear going to be in Fast and the Furious 7 so seeing her team with Kaitlyn and Layla it will be interesting to see just how she handles herself in that ring against Beth, Natalya and AJ
Seeing the World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler's segment, I can say that Dolph seems surely confident that he is going to retain the World Heavyweight Championship but at the same time he has lost momentum while Danielson has been gaining momentum so something has gotta give
Kings of Wrestling having to defend their WWE Tag Team Championship against not 1...not 2...but 3 teams, they are not happy and I could see why but if they are as good as they say that they are as a tag team then they would have no problem beating The Usos, The Primetime Players and Kofi Kingston & Big E. Langston but having to face one of their WrestleMania 29 opponents The Usos, this should be a good one
The Usos beating Kings of Wrestling beating the WWE Tag Team Champions, the Usos could be the favorites to win the Fatal 4-Way and become WWE Tag Team Champions for the first time ever in their careers I mean The Usos are not only brothers but they are second-generation superstars the sons of Rikishi the nephews of Umaga and The Usos are also The Rock's cousins as well, so the business is in their blood they have grown up in this business so I believe they have what it takes to be champions but at the same time PTP and Kofi & Big E. they could always gain momentum
Sunny being inducted into the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame and being inducted by the WWE Divas, I can't wait to see her get inducted
The Miz has been on a roll lately winning match after match and by beating Ryback seeing Ryback on this losing streak of his, I wonder if Ryback will finally snap and just start winning match after match or if Ryback will just start destroying people considering he has been losing time after time but as for Miz I wonder what's next for The Miz? Considering Miz has been on a hot streak lately
Ambrose beating Morrison, Mysterio and Swagger, after this match how can Ambrose not be considered WWE United States Champion? I mean he not only beat Morrison, Mysterio but Swagger too he beat 3 guys in one match in a Fatal 4-Way and I honestly think Ambrose has more than proved himself worthy of being WWE United States Champion so here is hoping Stephanie makes the right call here
But seeing the World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and the WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins backstage like that going back and forth like how they did, I don't know about you but I could have sworn that I could see some dissension brewing here between them and if I am right about that then I wonder how their massive egos could possibly co-exist tonight especially facing their respective WrestleMania opponents Danielson and RVD respectively
As for the main event seeing RVD and Bryan Danielson beating Rollins and Ziggler, RVD and Danielson now have momentum heading into WrestleMania but seeing Ziggler and Rollins lose momentum like this I wonder just what they are going to do now on RAW to weather the storm?
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 29, 2014 4:39:52 GMT -5
March 25, 2013 from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Monday Night Raw intro video airs and the cameras pan into the arena, with the pyrotechnics going off across the stage as Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcome everybody to the show. Tonight, WWE Champion John Cena and Bryan Danielson will go against each other in a WrestleMania rewind match, The Rock will be in the arena to call out Brock Lesnar and Chris Jericho will be in action against one of The Undertaker's previous WrestleMania "victims".
The cameras pan around the arena once again before the theme music of John Cena hits, the WWE Champion proceeding to make his way out to the ramp to a very loud mixed reaction. He throws his arms up across the stage before giving a salute to the crowd. He charges down to the ring, tosses his belt into it and slides right in, working the crowd a bit more. He grabs a microphone from ringside and comes forward to the middle of the ring, scooping the WWE Championship up. He swings it over his shoulder and adjusts himself, allowing part of the crowd to boo him and chant 'Cena sucks!', resulting in a laugh from the champion. "Well, I know you already know this but the champ! Is! Here!" He throws the belt back up over his head and gives another chuckle to the boos from the certain part of the audience. "These past few weeks leading up to my big match with CM Punk at WrestleMania have been crazy! Crazy with Punk, crazy with Triple H and crazy with myself and the entire WWE Universe. Nobody, including myself, knows what to think anymore! Is Triple H on my side? Is he on CM Punk's side? Is he on nobody's side!? Who really knows!?" He throws his arms out and looks up the ramp, "The one thing I do know for sure though is that myself and CM Punk are on opposite sides and we both want to go to WrestleMania and beat the holy living hell out of each other. Now I got myself one big match here tonight against Bryan Danielson..." The Philadelphia crowd explodes for the name and Cena pulls away, giving a small applause for his opponent. "I know, he's pretty damn good. But back to my point... Regardless of my match later on I don't want to wait until WrestleMania to beat the hell out of you, Punk! I want to do it right here and right now!" He throws his belt down in the middle of the ring and tosses his hat to the crowd. He leans down, rubbing his hands together in waiting for a response. Unfortunately for Cena, however, the theme music of Triple H hits and he makes his way out.
The COO makes his way down to the ring and he grabs a microphone of his own, putting his hand up to Cena in order to keep him at bay. Cena scoops the title back up and puts it over his arm once again, clearly disappointed with whom has come out to see him. Hunter pulls his microphone up and raises his eyebrows, "I know you wanted Punk to come out here John, but after last week I don't want things to get out of hand yet again. I have expressed multiple times now that I am doing my job to make sure the two of you do not try and kill each other before one of the biggest WrestleMania matches ever. But let me make something else very clear... I am not taking any sides, John. I don't like Punk and we have our differences, but I won't turn that against him. I have some differences with you from the past and right now with you wanting to defy my demands. But I won't turn that against you either... so I don't want to hear you making these points and rallying these people up against me because I am just doing my job to keep things under control, John. So if you would please take yourself to the back and get ready for your match up later on tonight..." Cena shakes his head and laughs at Hunter, wagging his finger a bit. He pulls his own microphone up and keeps one finger extended, "Before I leave the ring and get ready for my match up later on tonight I'd just like to tell you something first: If you dare double cross me or even Punk during our match at 'Mania, I will... I will guaran-damn-tee you that I will... Take. You. Out." They stare down and Hunter re-assures John that he isn't going to get involved. Cena exits the ring and heads toward the back.
The Prime Time Players defeat Kofi Kingston and Big E Langston via pinfall
The match begins between Langston and Young and the big man takes control early on. He pounds across the back viciously but takes his eyes off of Young, giving him the opportunity to duck a clothesline and tag in O'Neill. He comes in and starts to get some momentum going for the Prime Time Players, only for Langston blast him with a hard powerslam. He makes some frequent tags with Kingston and they keep O'Neill grounded until a blind tag is made by Young, and he manages to come in and blindside Kingston with a superkick and a powerbomb from Titus. Young knocks Langston from the apron and then proceeds to get the pinfall on Kofi.
The Prime Time Players get onto their feet and high five each other before swinging their arms around each other, giving the "Millions of dollars! Billions of dollars!" to the crowd back and forth. As they just start to get fired up however, the Kings of Wrestling make their way out from the back with their titles over their shoulders. Cesaro holds a microphone up and tells The Prime Time Players that they are the tag team champions for a reason, and nobody can beat them. Ohno re-iterates it and tells them that they will reign supreme over anybody that stands in their way. The Usos come out from the back, wagging their fingers. Jimmy tells the champions that they just said that nobody can beat them, but him and Jey just did that last week on Smackdown. The K.O.W. get frustrated and turn to The Usos, storming up for a fight only to be attacked from behind by the Prime Time Players! Kingston and Langston run up and join the brawl along with The Usos, the four teams going at it until multiple referees get things under control. Just as they do, however, Stephanie McMahon makes her way out to the ramp. "We have four teams who want to ring each other's necks and guess what? Before WrestleMania, I'll give you all a shot. On Smackdown, we will have Jey Uso versus Kassius Ohno versus Kofi Kingston versus Darren Young. Next week here on Raw, it will be Jimmy Uso versus Antonio Cesaro versus Big E Langston versus Titus O'Neill!" She gives a stare before headed to the back.
Returning, a video for the WWE Be A Star program, featuring the likes of John Cena, Kaitlyn, The Miz and Bryan Danielson meeting with younger kids within a community about not being a bully, but being a star.
Beth Phoenix with AJ Lee and Natalya defeats Aksana via pinfall
The bell tolls and Phoenix proceeds to beat down Aksana viciously in the corner. She overpowers Aksana until she manages to get free and put up a bit of a fight. Aksana gets blasted with a vicious clothesline, however, and Phoenix beats her down some more before delivering the Glam Slam right in the middle of the ring. She hooks the far leg up for the three count.
Phoenix gets onto her feet before ordering AJ and Natalya into the ring. They come in and start to beat down on Aksana in the middle of the ring together. As they start to pick up the pace on the beat down, however, Kaitlyn and Layla come rushing down to the ring. They slide in together and begin to charge at their rivals, but they manage to get out of the ring before any harm can be done. They start to back up the ramp laughing at the same time as Kaitlyn warns them about WrestleMania coming up.
The cameras cut backstage to Chris Jericho walking backstage, as he will address The Undertaker and be in action against a surprise opponent from the WrestleMania past of The Dead Man - next!
Returning, the crowd is looked over and the theme of Chris Jericho hits. Y2J brings himself out and down to the ring, looking all around the arena. He takes a microphone from ringside before coming to the middle of the squared circle. He holds the microphone tight in his grasp before pulling it up, "Thirteen days until I go one on one with The Undertaker. The man who thinks his mind games are getting to me as he continues to play them but listen to me, Dead Man... your mind games aren't working. They don't phase me one bit. They never have and they never will so you can stop doing it at any point and time. I have defeated every single person in this company that has been praised among the greats except for you but if I haven't been phased by all the other greats before... why do you think you will?" He gives a cold stare into the main camera, "I have been among the biggest stages. I defeated both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same night, I defeated Shawn Michaels and ended his career, I have been in many WWE and World Heavyweight Championship matches so going one on one with you at WrestleMania will be nothing compared to all of that."
Jericho looks up towards the top of the stage, "So now I have to compete in a match against one of your former opponents. If you can defeat them, Dead Man, I can too. So let me think... Shawn Michaels? Beat him... Batista? He isn't around anymore but I've beat him too. Randy Orton? Mark Henry? Triple H!? It doesn't matter who the hell comes down here to this ring because I will easily defeat them and I will shrug it off. So whoever it is I da--" Some familiar theme music plays but it isn't clear who it is until Kevin Nash emerges from the back! He gives a slight smile as Jericho continues to stare at him. Nash brings himself down towards the ring and gets onto the apron, staring Y2J down. He steps over the top rope and takes a few steps forward to Jericho, the two staring. Nash gives a shove and Jericho goes to react but gets blasted with a big boot! He rolls out of the ring before the referee calls for the bell, and Jericho holds onto his face on the outside against the announce table.
Kevin Nash defeats Chris Jericho via disqualification
Returning, the match is underway and Nash is controlling Jericho in the corner with a foot to the throat. He lets Y2J drop to the mat and he gets the crowd cheering a bit by waving his hands up and down. He continues to work Jericho but gets hit in the knee. Jericho targets the leg and takes Nash down, beating him down for a few minutes and mocking him. He goes for the Lionsault but Nash puts a foot up, Y2J flopping into the corner. Nash struggles back up and beats Jericho up with some hard forearms, punches and boots. He goes for the Jacknife Powerbomb but Jericho rakes the eyes and slides over the shoulder and to the mat. He rolls out of the ring and reaches under the ring, grabbing a steel chair. Nash leans over the ropes but Jericho sends the chair up into the chest! The referee calls for the bell.
Jericho slides into the ring and bashes the chair across Nash's back. He continues to swing it across the spine until Nash drops onto his face, and he proceeds to raise it as high as possible and swing it down one more time. He walks around Nash and then threatens the referee with the chair. He then swings it down on Nash seven times until the lights go out. They come back on moments later with Nash's body gone and The Undertaker standing in front of Jericho. They stare each other down and Jericho raises the chair up slowly before throwing it off to the side, striking the Dead Man in the face! He fire away with forearms to the face and backs off, charging for a clothesline only to be caught by the throat. The Undertaker raises him up and Jericho throws an elbow to the head. He drops down, scoops the chair back up and takes 'Taker out by the side of the knee. He swings it up once again and delivers a vicious shot across the back. He continues to fire away, yelling at the Dead Man, "YOU THINK YOU CAN INTIMIDATE ME!? HUH!? HERE'S SOME INTIMIDATION FOR YA!" and he nails him one last time across the spine before throwing the chair away. The Wells Fargo Center fills with boos as Jericho stands over 'Taker and spreads his arms out, giving a big smile before moving towards the ropes.
Big Show with Mark Henry and Sheamus defeats Wade Barrett via pinfall The match begins as Barrett battles another big man for the third week in a row. He gets some shots in on Show before getting manhandled and thrown into the corner. Show delivers a ferocious slap across the chest before working Barrett around the ring some more. He gets met with a hard shot to the face and Barrett starts to get some momentum going. He leaps onto the second turnbuckle and dives off for a shoulder block, only to be met with the Knockout Punch! Show drops to the mat and covers him for the pinfall.
Show rises up onto his feet and calls for Henry and Sheamus in the ring, and Show calls for a microphone. He looks around the arena and throws his arms out, "If The Wyatt Family wants to stop playing their stupid little games with us and step into this ring with us, then lets get it over with it and do it right here, right now!" The signature Wyatt Family video projects on the titantron and the trio appear, with the lantern illuminating them. Wyatt gives a big laugh and spreads his free arm out, "My, my, my! How they are persistent in their search for answers and hope... HOPE! Hope that myself, Erick and Luke come down to the ring and do battle, but my friends... oh, my friends I warn you, I warn you that we shall be fierce. We shall be fierce but... not on this night!" He leans his head back and gives a loud laugh, "If thou art to do battle with The Wyatt Family it will be upon the grandest stage of them all... WRESTLE! MANIA!" He gives another boisterous laugh but stops himself short, "Unless you want to join our family. Unless you want to follow the buzzards! Abigail... always welcomes more to the family! Hahaha..." Their signature hits again and the lights raise up, the titantron back to normal. Sheamus takes the microphone away from Show, "Ain't none of joining your stupid family, fella! What we want is a fight, and if you want it at WrestleMania, you're gonna get it!" Henry takes the microphone last and stares up the stage, "And y'all gonn' get ya ass kicked!" He throws the microphone down and Show's music hits. The trio stand tall, a match set up for the grandest stage of them all.
Returning, Matt Striker is standing backstage and he introduces his guest at this time to be Bryan Danielson. He thanks him for his time and asks what he thinks about getting to face John Cena tonight, the man he defeated for his first World Championship. Bryan smiles, "Look, Matt, that was two years ago and I was a lot different. I didn't like anybody but myself. Now, now I have all of these people backing me up! Including John, I mean, you saw his reaction to these people chanting 'Yes!' tonight!" He continues to laugh as the crowd begins to chant it inside the arena. "Look, tonight is going to be a great match between myself and John and I will do whatever it takes to win. But, my main concern is Dolph Ziggler and I know he will be watching... so if he sees me beat John Cena he'll be shaking more in his boots than he already is. Ultimately though, Matt, it doesn't matter... Because win or lose, I got all of these people chanting one word in support of me!" He puts his hands out and looks around, the crowd bursting into chants of 'Yes!' once again. He heads off.
The cameras head to Stephanie McMahon's office and she is talking with Cody Rhodes and Goldust, warning them about keeping order with Randy Orton. Just as she says that, Seth Rollins comes in and apologizes for interrupting. "Really, I am sorry for interrupting the two brothers who stand up for their daddy like real big, bad men." Rhodes goes to step forward but Goldust holds him back and Stephanie tells him to get himself under control... in the ring. "You two can go one on one right now in that ring." The two stare each other down, Rollins headed out first before Rhodes heads off with Rollins.
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins defeats Cody Rhodes with Goldust via pinfall in a non-title match The bell goes off and the two go back and forth trading momentum. Rollins gets a couple of near falls and Rhodes returns the favor. Rollins gets things really going his way and delivers some hard suplexes and slams, dropping him with a hard superkick that leads to the closest fall yet. Rhodes avoids another superkick attempt and hits the Disaster Kick. He doesn't go for the pin, however, and continues a beat down on Rollins. As he prepares to hit the Cross Rhodes, however, Randy Orton comes charging over the barricade and he drops Goldust with the RKO! Rhodes immediately charges towards the ropes and Rollins takes advantage to roll him up for a pinfall.
Rollins rolls away but Rhodes only takes a momentum to care. He slips out of the ring and tries to go after Orton, but he starts to go around the ring. Just as he does, Rob Van Dam comes running down to the ring and he drops Orton with a clothesline from behind! He turns his attention into the ring and goes after Rollins, whom manages to get out and go over the barricade himself. As Rhodes gets around to Orton, he manages to move out of the way himself. Rhodes and RVD look at each other in frustration of not getting either of their rivals tonight.
Returning, a graphic appears for Smackdown this week with the announcement that Randy Orton will be facing Rob Van Dam. The cameras head into the arena for the next mach with Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger and Ryback entering on one team. The other being John Morrison, Rey Mysterio and The Miz. Before the referee calls for the bell, however, Stepanie McMahon comes out to the ramp and gives a smile to the six in the ring. "Well, gentlemen, I said last week that I would announce a decision on the vacant United States Championship and I am here right now to make that announcement... at WrestleMania, there will be the six of you competing in a twenty man over the top rope battle royal for the vacant United States Championship!" Ambrose, Swagger and Ryback all seem unhappy about the decision and start to argue up the ramp about it before arguing with each other. Morrison, Mysterio and Miz remain laid back.
John Morrison, Rey Mysterio and The Miz defeat Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger and Ryback via pinfall
The bell sounds as Morrison, Mysterio and Miz dominate Swagger early on. He manages to get away from Mysterio, however and overpowers him a bit. He makes the tag to Ryback and he storms in, getting the momentum going in the way of his team. He starts to make the tags with his team until getting back in, being delivered with the Skull Crushing Finale from The Miz. Before he can get the pin though, Swagger and Ambrose come storming in to stop it. All hell starts to break loose but Miz, Mysterio and Morrison get things under control. Miz delivers another Skull Crushing Finale to Ryback and make the tag to Morrison. He hits the Starship Pain and then tags in Mysterio, whom trips Ryback down into the ropes and nails the 619! He goes forward and delivers a Frog Splash, getting the pinfall.
As soon as the bell rings, Morrison runs up to Mysterio and throws him over the top rope! Miz comes up from behind and attacks Morrison, tossing him over. Swagger and Ambrose come into the ring and begin to brawl before sending Morrison over and then attacking each other. All six men eventually get in the ring at the same time and continue to try and throw each other over the ropes. Plenty of other superstars come rushing out from the back and they join in the battle to try and throw each other out, leading to multiple officials having to come down to the ring and try and restore order.
Returning, the crowd is looked over and signature "If ya smell! What The Rock! Is cooking!" hits and the crowd explodes, The Rock emerging from the back with a big smile. He storms down the ramp and comes into the ring, working the crowd up a bit. He grabs a microphone from ringside and steps to the middle, giving another flash of a smile. He lowers his sunglasses, perks up an eyebrow and brings the microphone up. "FINALLY! THE ROCK! HAS COME BACK... TO PHILADELPHIA!" The Wells Fargo Center explodes as he takes a few steps around before continuing on, "The Rock has thirteen days, thirteen days until he gets Brock Lesnar. Thirteen days until Brock Lesnar goes one on one with the great one! It will be No Holds Barred and it will be brutal and guess what all of you millions! (And millions) Of The Rock's fans! The Rock doesn't have broken ribs anymore and he is going to walk into WrestleMania one hundred percent healthy and ready to beat Brock's tiny little brain in and then he will be ready to walk out of WrestleMania one hundred percent healthy and ready to celebrate with each and every one of you!" He gives another smile before getting a little bit more serious, "Now, Mr. Lesnar, my good ol' pal... why don't you come on down here and try and do something to knock me out of that one hundred percent range, because that is going to be the only way you get out of the beating of your life time!" He flashes another smile before dropping it quickly as Paul Heyman emerges from the back all by his lonesome, forcing tons of boos from the crowd.
"Mr. Johnson my name is Paul Heyman, but I am sure you are already aware of that by now." He gives a small smile, The Rock just staring him down. "Unfortunately for you, my client is not here tonight and he will not be in a WWE arena until WrestleMania. So if you want to just back off and head back to L.A. or Miami or wherever you hang out at and wait until that night at MetLife Stadium to see my client, that would be the best and only option for you right now. Thank you very much!" He starts to head towards the back but Rock tells him to hold his 'fat ass up'. He wags his finger and steps closer to the ropes, "How about this, Pauly... I'll come back here on Monday Night Raw next week and I'll give another spiel and work this people up and get my blood pumping up and be all fired up to kick some candy ass! Then you have Brock bring himself down to this ring and get himself some of The Rock six days before he gets HIS candy ass whooped and checked into the Smackdown hotel!? So if YOU want to just back off and head back to whatever bridge you hang out under and show back up here next Monday with big, bad Brocky poo that would be best... that or I could come right up that stage right now and beat you up in front of all the fine people of Philadelphia!?" The crowd explodes but Heyman takes a big gulp, nods and makes his way towards the back. The Rock begins to laugh and continues to work the people over.
WWE Champion John Cena vs Bryan Danielson goes to a No Contest in a non-title match
The bell rings and the two lock up with each other, Cena taking things to the mat early. As soon as they get back up, Bryan returns the favor. He takes control of things and keeps things very technical. Cena manages to get things back onto their feet and he drops Bryan with a spinout powerbomb. He goes for the Five Knuckle Shuffle and misses, leading to a hard dropkick from Bryan that sends Cena to the outside, leading to a commercial break. Upon the return, Cena takes back control of the match and works Bryan on and off his feet. He goes for the Attitude Adjustment but Bryan manages to slip free, hit off the ropes and deliver the Running Knee! He hooks both legs up fast but only gets a count of two. Both men continue to battle back and forth and Danielson gets things under his control and he manages to lock in the Yes! Lock. The crowd gets behind him with the 'Yes!' chants but Cena manages to get to the ropes. They both get back up and they go up against the corner, Bryan throwing a series of kicks only to be caught, dropped to the mat and have the STF locked in. Cena wrenches away at it but Bryan returns the favor by getting to the ropes. The two lay out on the mat before getting up once again and they come to the middle of the ring, throwing staggering shots. The Philadelphia crowd starts to boo as CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler come rushing down to the ring, attacking their two rivals - forcing the official to call for the bell.
Punk and Ziggler continue a ferocious beat down on their rivals until Triple H's music hits. He comes storming down to the ring and throws his jacket off, ordering Punk and Ziggler away. He grabs a microphone from ringside and demands his music be cut. "Alright! I am sick and tired of this crap! Punk, Cena if you two aren't going to keep your hands off each other then so be it! Ziggler, Bryan, if you want to be getting under my skin too then you can join 'em! This Thursday on Smackdown, CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler will go up against John Cena and Bryan Danielson!" He throws the microphone down and stares at all four of them, clearly unhappy about losing order once again. Monday Night Raw comes to an end, only thirteen days away from WrestleMania!
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 29, 2014 4:49:41 GMT -5
| WWE Championship Special Guest Enforcer: Triple H John Cena(c) vs CM Punk
No Holds Barred Match Brock Lesnar vs The Rock
World Heavyweight Championship Dolph Ziggler(c) vs Bryan Danielson
Singles Match The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho
Singles Match Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes
Intercontinental Championship Seth Rollins(c) vs Rob Van Dam
Six Diva Tag Team Match Kaitlyn, Layla and Ronda Rousey vs Beth Phoenix, AJ Lee and Natalya
Battle Royal for the Vacant United States Championship Featuring 20 WWE Superstars
Six Man Tag Team Match The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) vs Big Show, Sheamus and Mark Henry
PRE-SHOW: Fatal Four Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championships The Kings of Wrestling(c) vs The Prime Time Players vs Big E Langston and Kofi Kingston vs The Usos | Official Theme Songs | Hall of Fame Inductees | | Edge by Christian Bob Backlund by Maria Menounos Bruno Sammartino by Arnold Schwarzenegger Donald Trump by Vince McMahon Sunny by The WWE Divas |
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Post by tg11 on Jan 29, 2014 6:16:23 GMT -5
Wow I love it, a 20-man over the top rope battle royal for the WWE United States Championship gets added on to the card this is just great in the sense that anyone who is anyone will probably be in that battle royal to crown a new WWE United States Champion and you have your favorites in there well my favorite to win it will probably have to be The Miz and or John Morrison and why? Because Morrison ever since returning he has been on a hot streak but even more so The Miz has been red-hot lately and he's been winning match after match but then again Mysterio I am sure he will be in the battle royal too as well as Ambrose, Ryback, Swagger, and a whole lot more superstars on the card who don't have a match at Mania so in a way everyone is on the card no one is being excluded and I like that
What an announcement for Smackdown, it will be the WWE Champion John Cena and Mr. Money in the Bank the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank briefcase holder Bryan Danielson teaming up to take on the team of the World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and the 2013 Royal Rumble Match winner and #1 Contender for the WWE Championship CM Punk in a Tag Team Match, that should make for one hell of a main event
But still to even see Danielson vs Cena was good while it lasted and why? Because it was a WrestleMania 27 main event but to see a WrestleMania rewind match of sorts was great and hell it could have been better had it not been for Punk and Ziggler interfering but still I could see why you did that
Love the announcement that it will be Orton vs RVD on Smackdown, because those 2 have a chemistry together inside of that ring but I have a feeling the WWE Intercontinental Champion who is RVD's Mania opponent Seth Rollins that he will interfere in that match only for Cody Rhodes to make the save which then will result in a Tag Team Match with Orton and Rollins vs RVD and Rhodes
What a shocking return, Kevin Nash returning to face Jericho, Nash was one of Taker's WrestleMania victims facing Taker at WrestleMania 12 in 1996 when he was Big Daddy Cool Diesel and Nash really taking it to Jericho until Jericho got himself DQed and just when he is on the attack the lights go out and when they come back on Taker is in the ring as Nash is gone, and Jericho attacking Taker like that, it seems Jericho he says he isn't afraid but I think he is, he is afraid that he will be #21, the 21st victim of The Undertaker's and I think he will because he can say the mind games aren't getting to him but we both know that that is a lie
I would have thought that Heyman would have been cheered in Philadelphia considering his history there with ECW in that bingo hall, but The Rock he showed off his inner classic Rock going off on Heyman, but either way I can't wait to see Brock vs Rock II at WrestleMania 29, SummerSlam 2002 rematch, 11 years in the making, No Holds Barred, their match has potential to be Match of the Year as far as the Slammy Awards goes
A Fatal 4-Way Match with Jey Uso, Kassius Ohno, Kofi Kingston and Darren Young on Smackdown, I can't wait, because I already know who I'm picking to win that but then on RAW next week it will be Jimmy Uso, Antonio Cesaro, Big E. Langston and Titus O'Neil going at it in another Fatal 4-Way, those matches should be great
But as for Triple H, I still say he is turning heel and that he is going to turn heel at WrestleMania 29 turning heel on John Cena costing Cena the WWE Championship by Pedigreeing Cena right in the middle of that ring with Punk taking full advantage with Punk pinning Cena 1...2..3 and Punk and Triple H shaking hands and Triple H raising Punk's hand in victory with these 2 men aligning themselves with each other and if I were Cena I would not trust Triple H as far as I can throw him the man can't be trusted he will double-cross Cena the first chance he gets because Triple H can deny it from here to kingdom come but I do not buy for a single second that he is going to call this match down the middle
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan) vs Show, Sheamus and Henry in a 6-Man Tag at Mania, I can't wait, the Wyatts' first pay per view appearance and them making their debuts at Mania I could see them beating Show and Sheamus and why? Because I can see Henry turning on Show and Sheamus because they are faces while Henry is a heel so he will probably reestablish that he's heel by leaving Show and Sheamus to fend for themselves against Wyatt, Harper and Rowan
Beth Phoenix beating Aksana, I can't really complain or argue there because Beth and her team need all the momentum they can get since they are facing not only Kaitlyn and Layla at Mania but they are facing off against Ronda Rousey too, so to see Ronda mix it up with Beth or even Natalya for that matter it is like a dream come true because Ronda is one tough chick she fights for a living in MMA especially in UFC so I have no doubt that she can handle herself, she fights in an octagon on a daily basis
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Post by tg11 on Jan 29, 2014 6:17:10 GMT -5
I wonder if Jericho will face off against any other WrestleMania victims any time soon?
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Post by Elliot on Jan 30, 2014 17:45:21 GMT -5
Dat WrestleMania card though. A very WrestleMania-esque segment between John Cena and Triple H, I like the situation. But I could potentially see Triple H aligning with John Cena to screw over Punk for some reason. Strange teaming between Big E Langston and Kofi Kingston - would like to see Langston do something on his own in the future. The tag team division seems to be heating up and I like that, the Kings of Wrestling are a dream tag team for the WWE, so it's good to see them with the gold. I think they'll remain Champions at 'Mania. Can't really follow up on the Divas much, so I'll just skim past that and hope nobody sees... A nice segment with Chris Jericho addressing the Undertaker, and love seeing the arrival of Kevin Nash, always a big Nash fan. I think the DQ finish was a fine way to go, followed by the usual Undertaker shenanigans. Big Show, Mark Henry and Sheamus? That's a crapton of power. I don't think the Wyatt's realistically stand a chance, but I feel as though it's an obvious victory for them against such a thrown together team. Perhaps one of the giants will turn on the team. An interesting situations with the Rhodes brothers and Orton and Rollins. Obviously RVD coming out continues the Intercontinental Championship feud. I really like the Battle Royal for the United States Championship, but it's too large to call a winner, but I feel it will definitely be one of the guys in that tag team match. The Rock versus Brock Lesnar in No Holds Barred will be interesting. Difficult to imagine Rocky taking a Brock-sized beating though. He's much more vicious now than their 2002 encounter. A no contest finish keeps everybody strong and of course sets up for the big SmackDown main event. I liked the show, good progression towards your WrestleMania, and the card does look really nice. Deserving of spotlight this month.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Jan 31, 2014 21:48:55 GMT -5
March 28, 2013 from the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Smackdown intro video airs and the cameras go into the arena as Michael Cole and Josh Mathews welcome everybody to the last episode of Smackdown before WrestleMania! Tonight, in the main event, we will see WWE Champion John Cena team up with Bryan Danielson against their respective rivals and WrestleMania opponents, CM Punk and World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler. Also, Randy Orton will go one on one with Rob Van Dam.
The theme music of Bryan Danielson hits and the Money in the Bank holder brings himself out to the stage, looking out to the crowd. He pumps his index fingers in the air, leading the 'Yes!' chants from the WWE Universe. He brings himself down to the ring and steps right to the middle with a microphone in his hand. He gives a smile and laughs as the crowd continues the chanting, not letting up one bit. "Alright, alright, alright guys! Guys! Calm down, calm down... I love you all, but let me say what I have to say about Dolph Ziggler." He laughs as the entire arena starts to boo at the mention of the World Heavyweight Champion. "We have just a little over a week before myself and Dolph go one on one for the World Heavyweight Championship. We have just a little over a week before I take this Money in the Bank briefcase, hand it over to the referee, officially cash it in and then take the World Heavyweight Championship and put it around my waist. We have just a little over a week before I raise the World Heavyweight Championship above my head and chant along with everybody in the WWE Universe! Yes! Yes! Yes!" He proceeds to throw his index fingers in the air, getting the crowd going once again until Ziggler's music hits. The boos fill up yet again as the 'Yes' chants fade, Ziggler making his way down and in to the ring.
The two stare each other down, Ziggler looking clearly upset while Bryan returns the glare with a big smile. "You know, Bryan, it is really pathetic that these people feed off of you for being able to say two words: Yes and No!" He gets some heat but continues on, "Guess what? I can say two words too: Show Off. And guess what, Bryan? The Show Off is the World Heavyweight Champion. The Show Off has been the World Heavyweight Champion for ninety-nine days. And WrestleMania isn't go to be the night that my day count stops! If you are a gambling man, Bryan, I recommend you put all the money on me beating you." They stare down but the crowd starts to shout 'No!' in response to Ziggler's comments and Danielson spreads his arms out, turning back to Dolph. "I can be a gambling man sometimes, Dolph. I'm gambling by using my Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania instead of... oh, say, right now?" He throws the briefcase towards Ziggler and the champion catches it, Bryan responding with a big dropkick to the knees. He gets back up and starts to fire a set of kicks to the sides and legs, leading to the World Heavyweight Champion getting stuck in the corner. Bryan continues to kick away before backing up to the opposite side. He rushes forward for a big kick to the face, only for Ziggler to drop to the mat and get out of the ring before the giant leap. The crowd starts to boo as Ziggler begins to back up the ramp, and Danielson picks up the World title on the mat. The fans turn their reaction into cheers as he holds the belt up slowly, giving a big smile to Ziggler before tossing it over the ropes to his feet. Bryan proceeds to lead the crowd into 'Yes!' chants as Ziggler backs himself up the ramp.
Kofi Kingston defeats WWE Tag Team Champion Kassius Ohno, Jey Uso and Darren Young via pinfall As soon as the bell rings, all hell breaks lose among the four men. Jey and Kassius split to one side while Darren and Kingston on the other. They switch up a few times and share a couple of near falls each, until Ohno takes Young over the ropes and to the outside. Kingston runs after Ohno and brings him out as well, giving Uso the opportunity to dive over the top rope and take out all three. After some more commotion and near falls, Uso blasts Young with a big splash but Ohno throws Uso out of the ring. As he goes for the pin, Kingston drags him off and pushes him out of the ring before stealing the pinfall himself. Kofi pops up onto his feet and goes to celebrate, but is blasted from behind by Ohno! He starts to stomp away at Kingston until Jey Uso comes charging into the ring. The four begin a chaotic battle before their tag team partners start to race down to the ring and try and break things up. In the mixture of breaking things up, however, they begin to brawl. The Usos and Prime Time Players end up standing tall, however, before moving away from each other and the chaos.
Returning, a video for the WWE Be A Star program, featuring the likes of John Cena, Kaitlyn, The Miz and Bryan Danielson meeting with younger kids within a community about not being a bully, but being a star.
Natalya with Beth Phoenix and AJ Lee defeats Layla with Diva's Champion Kaitlyn via submission The bell rings and Layla gets a couple of near falls early on, only for Natalya to use her strength to overpower Layla and knock her around the ring. She gets a couple of near falls of her own but Layla starts to put up a huge fight, blasting Natalya with some ferocious kicks and strikes. As she prepares for a bulldog by backing into the corner, however, Beth and AJ start to try and distract her. Layla stays focused as Kaitlyn runs over and takes the two out, but Layla charges right into a grab of the back of the legs, leading to a Sharpshooter from Natalya. Layla struggles and tries to get out of the hold, but is left with no choice but to tap out as she is stuck in the middle of the ring.
The crowd gives some boos as Natalya continues to wrench away at the hold. She finally lets go but turns around to a huge spear from Kaitlyn! The Diva's Champion rises onto her feet and immediately turns to keep Phoenix and Lee from getting into the ring. She helps Layla back to her feet and lets her deliver a huge roundhouse kick to Natalya. The duo stand tall in the middle of the ring and continue to stare down Phoenix and Lee on the outside as they begin to back up the ramp.
The cameras transition backstage in separate parts of the arena where Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam are making their way down towards the ring. They will be going one on one with each other after the commercial break.
Randy Orton defeats Rob Van Dam via pinfall The match begins with the two locking up and RVD hooking a hold of the head. He swings Orton to the mat and takes the early momentum swing. He continues to have control of the match and hits a Spinning Wheel Kick. He goes for the Rolling Thunder but The Viper manages to move out of the way and drag RVD onto his feet, throwing him around the ring like a rag doll. He goes for the RKO but RVD shoves him forward, charging after him only for Orton to slip out of the ring. A commercial break interrupts and upon the return, Orton is back in control of things. He uses his aggressive style to keep RVD down and hits him with some very hard strikes and slams. He delivers the Rope Hung DDT and prepares for the RKO again, only for Rob to shove him away again. He hits him with a hard kick to the back of the head and The Viper drops to the mat. RVD moves out to the apron and to the top rope and delivers the Five Star Frog Splash! Orton just barely manages to get his foot on the bottom rope, however, and RVD struggles back up. He continues to keep control of the match and hits the Rolling Thunder. He starts to get fired up and once again goes for the Five Star, only for Seth Rollins to charge down to the ring and pull the ropes down with Orton distracting the official. Rollins hops over the barricade and makes his way through the crowd and Orton takes the advantage to hit the RKO off the top turnbuckle and get the pinfall.
The crowd boos as The Viper slowly stirs onto his feet, walking around the lifeless body of Rob. He licks his lips and moves out of the ring, pulling out a steel chair from underneath the ring. He slowly moves back into the ring and stands over RVD, raising the chair up over his head. He looks to the referee pleading to him and gives a laugh as the crowd begins to cheer. Orton snaps his head around and sees Cody Rhodes getting on the apron, swinging the chair only for Cody to duck down and hit a shoulder to the stomach. Orton stumbles backwards with the chair still in hand and Rhodes gets in, only to be blasted right in the knee! Orton targets his back before going back to the knee. He swings the chair down vertically into the back and side of it repeatedly, refusing to comply with the official. Goldust comes charging down to the ring to his brothers aid with a chair of his own, causing Orton to back down and get out of the ring. He heads towards the back as Goldust checks down on his brother and his injured knee as The Viper backs up the stage with a sick smile across his face.
Returning, the commentary team talks about how the rivalry between CM Punk and John Cena heading into WrestleMania has been heated over words, but Triple H - as the enforcer for the match and COO of the WWE - has made sure they don't get physical. This past Monday, however, The Game made the decision to finally give them an opportunity to get their hands on each other by making tonight's main event match. Footage airs from this past Monday with chaos ensuing between Punk and Dolph Ziggler along with Cena and Bryan Danielson, leading to The Game furiously coming down to the ring and getting things under control before announcing that on Smackdown it would be CM Punk and World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler against WWE Champion John Cena and Bryan Danielson in tag team action.
The cameras pan backstage to Stephanie McMahon in her office texting on her phone. She looks up as the door opens and Triple H walks in, giving his wife a hug and kiss. Steph asks what he is doing here. "Look, Steph, I know you didn't really want me here because of tonight's main event and me possibly getting involved. But I promise you I will not get involved in that match, the only thing I am making sure of is nothing happens before or after that match." He shrugs his shoulders, "I'm just doing my job." Stephanie sighs and puts her head down before picking it back up with a smile, "Hunter, I mean this in the nicest way possible... but I think you may be taking your position as enforcer a little too far. I mean, don't get me wrong... I love your passion to make this match be as good as it can be but... maybe you're just stretching it too much?" Hunter stares his wife down and steps up closer to her, suggesting that he isn't taking anything too far and he is just doing his job. He gives her a kiss on the cheek before heading out of the office.
Returning, a replay from Monday night airs with Rey Mysterio pinning Ryback as a part of a six man tag team match in preview to the twenty man Battle Royal for the United States Championship at WrestleMania.
Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger and Ryback defeat John Morrison, Rey Mysterio and The Miz via pinfall The bell rings for the rematch from Raw as Ryback and Mysterio start off. Rey begins things by being very quick and avoiding all the strong holds and moves by Ryback, leading to the advantage for his team early. After making a tag to Miz, however, Ryback hits him with a vicious spinebuster. He makes the tag to Ambrose and he comes in and takes control on the mat for a minute before tagging in Swagger. He charges into the ring and does the same but Miz begins to make a fight, hitting a hard kick to the gut and DDT. Both sides make a tag, Ryback and Morrison coming in with the latter taking control and sending the other two off the apron. Ryback stops his momentum with a big boot, however. He begins to make some tags with his team mates and they keep control up until Mysterio is brought back in. He sets Ambrose up for the 619 but Swagger makes the blind tag, so following the 619 and Splash from Rey to Dean, Swagger pulls him up and delivers the Gut Wrench Powerbomb. Ryback takes care of the other two on the apron and Swagger gets the pinfall.
The trio begin to celebrate the win with each other before getting into an argument over who will be the United States Champion at WrestleMania. They prepare to go to blows but get taken out by Morrison, Mysterio and Miz. They clear the ring of the three and work the crowd over a bit as Ambrose, Swagger and Ryback sit outside the ring as the winners, but left laid out.
The cameras cut backstage to Matt Striker and he introduces his guest at this time to be Damien Sandow. He thanks him for his time and asks about his confidence level going into WrestleMania as a participant in the United States Championship battle royal and his match tonight. "My confidence level, Matthew? Oh, how ignorant you must be! That or you just haven't done your homework on Damien Sandow... see, I am the most intelligent human being to ever be a part of this company so I can defeat anybody at any time. My confidence level is unbelievably high and at WrestleMania I will defeat all nineteen of the boys among men. And tonight? It doesn't matter who tries their hand at me. I will beat them just like I will beat them at WrestleMania by throwing them over the top rope... and for this interview, Matthew? You're welcome." He heads off, in action next.
Returning, Damien Sandow is in the ring and waiting for his opponent when the theme music of Christian hits, to the surprise of everyone! Captain Charisma makes his way out to the ramp, as he has returned at least a month before expected from injury.
Christian defeats Damien Sandow via pinfall The bell sounds and Sandow immediately charges forward, only to get his arm caught and put behind his back. Christian controls him standing up and then takes him to the mat to embarrass him a few times. Sandow gets frustrated and takes Christian into the corner, blasting him with shoulders to the stomach. Sandow starts to have some control himself and overpowers Christian, getting a couple of near falls. He hits a vicious piledriver and sets things up for his signature Elbow Drop, only for Christian to roll out of the way. He gets back onto his feet and bounces off the ropes, returning with a hard bulldog. He sets up for the Killswitch only for Sandow to break free and reverse it into the neckbreaker. He pulls Christian back up and lifts him for a powerslam only for Christian to slip right off, hit the Killswitch. Instead of going for the pin, however, he gets into the corner and leans down. He pumps his hands up and down and lets Sandow rise up before paying homage to his soon-to-be Hall of Fame inductee friend, Edge, and deliver the spear! He hooks both legs up for the pinfall.
Christian gets up onto his feet and raises both his fists in the air, getting the crowd worked up a bit. He calls for a microphone at ringside and pulls himself back to the middle of the squared circle. "It hasn't been too long in terms of actual time, but it has felt like years since I've been in front of the WWE Universe... and next Saturday night I will induct my best friend Edge into the WWE Hall of Fame... and the night after that I will be taking part of the United States Championship Battle Royal and I will become your next United States Champion, I promise all my peeps that here tonight!" He drops the microphone and keeps his fists raised before exiting the ring.
Returning, Rob Van Dam is walking backstage and holding onto his head. As he goes to open a door, however, Seth Rollins comes charging up from behind and blasts him over the back of the head with the Intercontinental Championship! He begins to stomp away at his WrestleMania opponent until multiple officials come charging forward and begin to pull Rollins away as he yells at RVD, telling him to back down from their match at Mania. He breaks free and stomps him a few more times before giving a sick laugh. He pulls his title belt over his shoulder and moves away as the referees check down on RVD and call for help.
The cameras proceed to transition to WWE Champion John Cena getting ready in his locker room. As he stands up, Bryan Danielson comes in and shakes Cena's hand. "Hey, John, I just want to let you know I have nothing left for what happened between us a couple of years ago. My sole focus right now is Dolph Ziggler and taking the World Heavyweight Championship away from him at WrestleMania." Cena pats him on the shoulder, gives a laugh and adjusts his belt over his shoulder. "I know, Bryan, I know. You're a completely different guy. You're kind of like me... you love these people, you love this business and you work your ass off night in and night out. The only difference may be that half of them boo me." They share a laugh and Cena continues, "Tonight, we're going to pair up as one of the strongest teams in the history of the WWE! Going up against two of the biggest egos ever. But these boys are tough, no matter how much we dislike them, but I suggest we go down there tonight and give them a little taste of what we're going to give them upon the grandest stage of them all." They shake hands again and head off, the main event tag team match coming up next!
World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler and CM Punk defeat WWE Champion John Cena and Bryan Danielson via pinfall The bell tolls as Cena and Ziggler kick things off, the World Champion getting early control over the WWE Champion. He works him against the ropes, corner and on the mat. He gets a few near falls and gets frustrated, leading to some sloppy work that allows Cena to break away and make a hot tag to Danielson. He comes running into the ring and takes his rival down with a bulldog. Danielson gets some momentum roaring his way and delivers the Running Knee, only for Punk to pull his partner out of the ring to avoid a loss. A commercial break returns, and afterward Punk has Danielson grounded. He keeps him down but Bryan starts to get the crowd behind him and he gets back up, rocking Punk. He gets some strong momentum in his favor and sends Punk to the mat repeatedly with hard clotheslines and he hits a vicious dropkick in the corner. He gets the crowd chanting 'Yes!' as he prepares for the Running Knee, but instead decides to make the tag to Cena. He comes in and charges after Punk and catches his leg before he can make a tag, only for Punk to roll onto his back and kick Cena back to the corner. He makes the diving tag to Ziggler and he hops right in, only to get driven into the corner. Cena takes out his aggression on Dolph for the next couple of minutes and hits the Attitude Adjustment. He doesn't go for the pin and instead tags in Bryan, and he climbs to the top rope to hit the Diving Headbutt! He flops around a bit and he gets up around the same time as Ziggler and goes at him with a clothesline, only for Ziggler to duck under it and drop him face first into the corner. He makes the tag to Punk and rolls out of the ring. The Royal Rumble winner gets some momentum himself and prepares for the Go To Sleep after just a couple of minutes, only for Cena to charge in and take him down. He starts to fire away at Punk and the referee gets distracted handling things. Danielson staggers back onto his feet and Ziggler takes advantage, hitting him right in the face with the World title belt! Punk stirs back up, goes over to Bryan, picks him up and drops him with the GTS. He hooks both legs up for the three count with Cena adjusting himself on the outside, not noticing.
The Pennsylvania crowd boos loudly as Punk stirs onto his feet with a laugh, Cena charging back into the ring only to get stomped away at. Punk mounts across his back and starts to club at the back of the head before getting up at the hand of the official. Cena stirs back up and takes him by the legs, lifting him up off the mat and slamming him back first into the corner. He slams his shoulder a few times into the gut and Punk starts to club away back, the two starting to trade blows. As things start to pick up, Triple H's music hits and he starts to come down to the ring as the two get back into the corner, Cena in control of things. Hunter charges up behind John and pulls him away by the shoulder. Cena looks at him, bewildered and goes to say something only to be caught with a roundhouse kick from Punk! The number one contender pulls away from Triple H's grip and mounts on top of Cena, striking away. The Game calls for help from the back and tons of officials and security staff members come running down. Hunter continues to try and pull Punk away but he continues to break free out of frustration. The security team and referees get Cena into one side and Punk in the other, and they both seem to calm down. They suddenly burst away and dive into the middle of the ring at each other, continuing their exchange! More security comes rushing down to the ring in order to stop things, Cena and Punk literally at each other's necks and Triple H caught in the middle, continuing to yell in demand for them to stop as the final Smackdown before WrestleMania comes to a hectic end!
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Post by AKing1979 on Jan 31, 2014 22:54:10 GMT -5
Just about time for the final build toward Wrestlemania. Nice little segment between Bryan and Ziggler, a classic confrontation before thier big title match. Okay Diva's match, I guess Natalya was showing Kaitlyn what awaits her which is a nice touch. I'm having a real issue with how you're booking Rob Van Dam. He loses to Ziggler, he loses to CM Punk, he loses to Orton, never mind that Rollins got involved in all three bouts, it's still RVD losing which doesn't give anyone confidence he can beat Rollins for the IC Title. Let him get a few singles wins so he can look strong going into his title match. Fun six-man match. So the U.S. Title finally gets decided in a battle royal. I'm still wondering why you even need both the US and IC Titles if you're using a single roster (and the same goes for the two world titles as well). Good tag team main event to preview both world titles matches, and I guess Zigger got the better of Bryan but I'm sure he'll get even soon enough. Overall, even with some issues, a solid edition of Smackdown.
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Post by underjohngrohs on Feb 1, 2014 1:20:27 GMT -5
I'm late for a review, so here's my RAW and SMACKDOWN review
RAW: Great promo by Cena warning Triple H if he double crosses him at WrestleMania, he would take him out I call Triple H doing that turning on John Cena and having CM Punk be the WWE Champion at WrestleMania, Punk, Triple H and Stephanie Mcmahon, an alliance is personally best for business, nice win for The Primetime Players over Big E and Kofi but calling for Big E and Kofi to win the titles at WrestleMania, I think that might happen, good win for Beth against Aksana, but the surprise on RAW was KEVIN NASH accepting Chris Jericho's challenge, good to see Nash get a little bit of ring rust, but for Jericho to lay out Nash and Undertaker was priceless, this is the match at WrestleMania I'm most looking forward to, shoo in real-life Jericho and Undertaker are destined to face off at WrestleMania soon, but I don't see that happening in real-life, nice win for Big Show against Barrett and a great six-man tag team match between Show, Henry and Sheamus against the Wyatt Family at WrestleMania like the idea of that, but there could be someone turning heel in that match either, I'm looking for Show or Henry to turn heel in that match, great upset by Rollins over Rhodes with distraction from Randy Orton after he RKO'ed Goldust, a Battle Royal Match for the United States Championship at WrestleMania, love the sound of that, nice win for Morrison, Mysterio and Miz against Ryback, Ambrose and Swagger. I can't wait for the Battle Royal, it should be good. Great to see The Rock days before WrestleMania and him wanting to call out Brock Lesnar only to get it taken by Paul Heyman, that's a lie. Lesnar is probably going to be on RAW the next week, Cena and Danielson was an okay match until Punk and Ziggler ruin it and then Triple H orders them to face off in a tag team match on SMACKDOWN.
SMACKDOWN: Nice brawl to kick off the show between Bryan and Ziggler, my vote is for Danielson to win the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania, YES! YES! YES! YES!, Kofi winning a fatal-four way match was interesting, but the four teams brawling in their match at WrestleMania still continue, I'm still pulling for Big E and Kofi to win the titles by the way at WrestleMania, good dominance by Natalya over Layla, but Kaitlyn and Layla standing tall after is spelling huge trouble for Beth, AJ and Natalya, the three divas of doom, good win for Randy over RVD, and then he attacks Cody Rhodes just days before their match at WrestleMania, I'm hoping Rhodes defeats Orton, he could get an upset but anything can happen in the WWE. A good six-man tag team re-match from RAW with Swagger, Ryback and Ambrose finally getting a win, and good win for Christian returning over Sandow, I think Christian should win the Battle Royal Match for the United States Championship, that would be good, good tag team match with Cena and Bryan against Punk and Ziggler, but the end with Punk/Cena/Triple H here we go again, more drama between these three, I think Triple H and CM Punk are in cahoots, I don't know, but all could be answered cause you are one week away from WrestleMania, and anything can happen between now and the end of the road to WrestleMania 29, great show man. WrestleMania is certainly on the horizon for you man, I'm looking forward to see the go-home editions of RAW and SMACKDOWN before WrestleMania, keep it up man.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Feb 1, 2014 6:55:52 GMT -5
April 1, 2013 from the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.
The Monday Night Raw intro video airs and the cameras pan into the arena, with the pyrotechnics going off across the stage as Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcome everybody to the show. Tonight with no regular edition of Smackdown this week, it will be the last stop before WrestleMania this Sunday, and we will have final encounters between John Cena and CM Punk, Bryan Danielson and Dolph Ziggler, Chris Jericho and The Undertaker and The Rock and Brock Lesnar as well as much more in action!
The cameras pan around the arena and the theme music of The Rock hits, the Verizon Center exploding the second the signature theme goes off. The Rock emerges from the back and the crowd gets even louder as he marches across the stage a couple of times to get everything out of the WWE Universe. The 'Great One' marches his way down to the ring and takes a microphone from ringside. He takes a look around the arena before leaning down in the middle of the squared circle and pronouncing that he has finally come back to Washington D.C. The crowd gives another pop as The Rock laughs, "For The Rock it never gets old to hear the millions! (And millions) Of The Rock's loyal fans cheering for him and in six days it won't get any older. The tens of thousands that will be at MetLife Stadium to watch The Rock versus Brock Lesnar..." Some heat for the mention of the latter, and The Rock continues on, "and all of the WWE Universe watching at home will be standing on their feet as The Rock takes Brock Lesnar, whoops his candy ass up and checks him into the Smackdown hotel!" The Verizon Center yet again explodes as 'Rocky' chants begin to break out, the legend marching around the ring before raising an eyebrow from beneath his sunglasses to the camera. "Now, The Rock came out here a week ago and wanted Brock Lesnar to come down to this ring but instead he got The Penguin from Batman Returns to come out here and say," The Rock adjusts himself to mock Heyman's voice, "My name is Paul Heyman! My client Brrrrockkk Lesnarrrr isn't here tonight and won't be here until WrestleMania when he beats the holy hell out of you, Dwayne!" He snaps out of it as the crowd uproars in laughter, "But The Rock gave good ol' Danny Devito an ultimatum! He said either Brock Lesnar comes down here live tonight in Washington D.C. or The Rock goes and kicks Paul Heyman's candy ass! So why don't we give these people what they want and have Brock Lesnar bring his big ass down to this ring to get beat just six days before the official clash?" He throws his microphone to the mat and takes off his shirt, tossing it to the crowd. He leans down in anticipation of Lesnar but instead gets Paul Heyman to come out atop the stage, leading to a lot of heat from the very rambunctious WWE Universe.
"Mr. Johnson, let me remind you that my name is Paul Heyman. Now, don't think I forgot about your demands from a week ago... my client, Brock Lesnar, is indeed in the arena tonight." The fans explode for the information as Rock grows a wide smile across his face. "Unfortunately for you and all of these people, my client doesn't think it is in his best interest to break your ribs for a second time with WrestleMania in just six days. So, save yourself the trouble, Dwayne and just leave the arena and head back home." Heyman starts to head towards the back but Rock orders him to stop and come right on back. Heyman sighs heavily before returning to the middle of the stage, Rock putting his hand out and motioning Heyman to 'bring it'. "Like The Rock promised you last week: If you don't bring Brock down to this ring to get in my face then The Rock will take himself out of this ring, come right up there and break each and every one of your sausage fingers before popping you a few good ones in the face until you turn pretty!" He pulls the microphone back to his side and Heyman looks around the arena, biting his lip before nodding. He tells The Rock to be careful what he wishes for, and Lesnar's music hits. Rock throws the microphone down once again and gets back in position, preparing for The Beast Incarnate. As the crowd continues to get louder and louder, Lesnar still doesn't come out from the back - but instead makes his way through the crowd and into the ring from behind. He charges up to The Rock but it is anticipated, and The Rock blasts Lesnar with a series of punches to the head and he backs him all the way across the ring before hitting him with one big punch that sends Brock right over the ropes and to the floor in front of the announce table! Rock dives right out of the ring and mounts on top, pounding away with shots to the skull relentlessly. He pulls Lesnar back onto his feet and tosses him head first into the steel steps before clearing off the announce table, grabbing a hold of one of the monitors. He charges forward and blasts Brock right in the face, dropping him right against the ring! He backs up and takes a deep breath of the air before swinging the monitor up into the face once again! Paul Heyman pleads from around the ring for Rock to stop, and he takes a look at Paul before taking a few steps to get him to back down. Rock returns to Lesnar as he gets up against the announce table and he gives a big shot to the face to sprawl Lesnar across the table. He brings himself up and looks around at the boisterous crowd before pulling Brock onto his feet, hooking the arm around his neck. "Back your candy ass up, Cole!" He says to Michael Cole down below before dropping Lesnar with the Rock Bottom right through the table! The Verizon Center gets even louder as Rock slowly gets himself back onto his feet, throwing his fist in the air while leaning against the barricade. He gives a big smile as referees and trainers come over to Lesnar's aid to check on him, The Rock's music hitting as he returns to the ring. He hops onto the second turnbuckle and raises his fist up again, clearly ready for the huge battle coming up on Sunday!
WWE Tag Team Champion Antonio Cesaro defeats Titus O'Neill, Big E Langston and Jimmy Uso via pinfall
The match begins with chaos between the four men, spilling out of the ring. Langston uses his strength to take all three men down with some vicious slams before bringing Uso into the ring. He gets a near fall before working Uso some more, only to get attacked by O'Neill from behind. He takes control himself before getting one one with Langston, the two big men each showing off their strength with each other. Uso and Cesaro go at it on the opposite side of the ring before Cesaro tries to roll up all three men, getting a two count each time. After a few minutes of fast paced and hard action, Langston sends both O'Neill and Uso over the ropes with a hard clothesline and Cesaro manages to drop him with a hard neckbreaker. After looking around the arena, Cesaro grabs both legs and proceeds to deliver the big spin to the delight of the crowd, stopping after about six spins. He manages to catch Uso off the top rope and drop him with a slam on the knee before finishing him with the Neutralizer. He hooks both legs up for the pin.
Cesaro rises onto his feet but anticipates the cavalry as Darren Young, Kofi Kingston and Jey Uso come charging down to the ring. and he slips out of the ring as the other three teams begin to battle inside of the ring. Kassius Ohno comes rushing down and he joins Cesaro by jumping into the mess, and they begin to clean house of the three challenging teams. They get rid of The Prime Time Players first, followed up by Kingston and Langston before finally taking The Usos out and over the ropes with simultaneous clotheslines. The Kings of Wrestling raise each others arms up to the crowd, as the tag team champions look promising heading into their title defense on the WrestleMania pre-show!
Rob Van Dam defeats Damien Sandow via pinfall
As soon as the bell rings, Sandow charges forward and targets the head that was assaulted by Seth Rollins last week on Smackdown. Sandow gets a couple of near falls early on. RVD ducks under a clothesline and hits a huge kick to the back of the head. He takes control of the match and momentum stays his way. He hits the Rolling Thunder but misses the Five Star Frog Splash. Sandow begins to take control of things and gets a couple more near falls and gets very frustrated with the two counts. He works RVD for a couple more minutes before dropping him with a hard back body drop. He goes for his signature elbow but takes too long with the theatrics, allowing Van Dam to avoid it. He pops up, hits the spinning wheel kick and the Rolling Thunder, followed by the Five Star Frog Splash and pinfall.
RVD staggers back up onto his feet and has his arm raised in victory by the official. As he begins to celebrate, however, Seth Rollins comes charging down to the ring and he swings the Intercontinental Championship right at RVD's head, only for the number one contender to duck and hit him with a hard kick to the stomach. RVD starts to fire away with kick after kick before taking Rollins down with a leaping DDT. He gets the crowd fired up before hitting the Rolling Thunder and he brings himself up to the top turnbuckle, getting the "Rob! Van! Dam!" chant from the crowd with his thumbs, and he dives off - delivering the Five Star Frog Splash to Rollins! The crowd pops as RVD rises back up onto his feet, raising both fists in the air as Rollins rolls out of the ring, being bested tonight by RVD just six days away from their Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania!
The cameras cut backstage to Matt Striker and he introduces his guests at this time to be Big Show, Mark Henry and Sheamus. He thanks the three of them for their time and mentions how all three men have been very big superstars in this company, both size and accomplishment wise. This Sunday they face a trio who has never been seen inside the WWE ring, let alone WrestleMania, but seems to be very intimidating already. What will be their strategy? Sheamus responds first by saying that is the one thing they have an advantage on: They have the experience. They are all main event level superstars. The Wyatt Family are unproven. Henry speaks up next, telling Striker that they aren't as strong as they pretend to be. They are all about the mental game but all three of them are mentally strong. Show agrees with what the first two said and states that they are also real monsters unlike what The Wyatts say and they'll show it at WrestleMania. As they prepare to walk off, however, Wade Barrett steps up in front of the trio. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the three big baboons I had to face individually three weeks in a row, eh!? Well let me help you mates out, shall I? Tonight, the three of you get a little warm up six man tag match. I'll find myself two partners and then we'll proceed to kick your teeth down your throats!" He gives a laugh as Sheamus, Henry and Show all agree to the idea as Barrett heads off.
Returning, the crowd is looked over and Justin Roberts stands in the middle of the ring. He proceeds to welcome WWE Hall of Famer, 'Cowboy' Bob Orton. The fans give a decent pop for the legend as he makes his way out from the back and to the squared circle, taking the microphone away from Roberts and giving him a thanks. "Thank you everybody, it has been quite a while since I have stood in a WWE ring... and, uh, let me just get right down to business as to why I am here. This Sunday at WrestleMania my boy Randy Orton will be facing one of his former proteges and the son of Dusty Rhodes, Cody Rhodes. Now, these two boys have a big and well known history with each other but what has led to this match has deeply saddened me. It has made me feel uncomfortable and I don't agree with this situation whatsoever... so, with that, I'd like to ask for Cody Rhodes to come down to this ring so I can say what I have to say to him." The crowd doesn't know how to react, unsure of Bob's true reason for being here. Rhodes' music hits after a few moments of silence and Cody brings himself down to the ring on his own, no Goldust in tow for a change. He gets into the ring and accepts the handshake hesitantly from Bob, whom thanks him for coming down to the ring. "Now, Cody, I understand why you are upset with Randy because what he did to your father was completely unacceptable. But your old man and me go back and a long ways, and I know we don't take disrespect easily. That is why I come out here, giving you the utmost respect that I have to plead with you: Don't go through with this match on Sunday." The WWE Universe boos and Cody doesn't seem to keen on the suggestion either, "Look, like I said I get why you are mad at my son and you have all the reason in the world to be but... I don't want to see Randy step into the ring with somebody built up with as much anger as you. I don't want to see Randy get hurt. I don't want to see you lose control with all the potential you have. You have so much more to look forward to! You could be the WWE Champion, Cody, but instead you have your eyes dead set on my son for one little incident."
Cody puts his hand over the microphone to stop Bob from talking and takes it away from him slowly and carefully. "Look, Bob, I get it. You don't want Randy to get hurt, but I'm sorry. What he did to my father was unacceptable and he made everything between us more personal than ever and yeah, I want to hurt him. I want to hurt him bad. I wouldn't want to if he hadn't done what he did... but the fact of the matter is, Randy crossed that line and now he has to pay. He has to pay not only for hurting my father but also my brother... and if you think that I am going to forget about what he did last week on Smackdown by assaulting me with a steel chair then you are sadly mistaken. So, Bob, I really am sorry that I am going to have to beat the holy hell out of Randy this Sunday at WrestleMania." The D.C. crowd cheers Cody on and he starts to turn away, only for Bob to grab him by the arm and turn him back around. Rhodes reacts quickly and moves up close to Bob's face, and he immediately puts his hands up in defense. "Please don't do to me what Randy did to your dad, Cody, I'm just trying to reason with you!" Cody gives him a bewildered look and tells Bob that he would never stoop that low. Randy Orton's music proceeds to hit and The Viper brings himself out to the stage, holding a microphone in his hand. He stares down at Cody and pulls the microphone up, "Really, Cody? Really!? You dare get in the face of MY father!? How hypocritical of you! How dare you!" He cuts Rhodes off before he can retort, "No, no! I don't want to hear it! Maybe you should take the advice of the legendary Bob Orton and step down from our match on Sunday because you are just getting yourself involved with the most dangerous superstar in WWE history!" He stares down and Cody asks what makes him so dangerous, seeing as how he has choked him out with his bare hands while Randy has resorted to weapons. "If you want to question how dangerous I am, Cody, then I suggest you take a look at your brother..." He points up to the titantron and it shows Goldust laid out in the parking lot, causing Rhodes to glare right at Orton. Randy starts to laugh and mock Cody, whom goes to step towards the ropes only for 'Cowboy' Bob to low blow him from behind! The crowd boos as The Viper storms down to the ring, pulling Cody out underneath the ropes and drop him with the DDT onto the concrete floor! He looks back into the ring and shares a smile with his father before dragging Cody back onto his feet, throwing him back first into the barricade a couple of times before throwing him into the steel steps. He finally lets Rhodes rise up on his own before dropping him with the RKO! The Verizon Center boos Orton with all their might as he slithers back onto his feet with a disturbing grin, his father joining him at his side and putting his arm around his son. The duo back away up the ramp as Rhodes is left laid out, just like his brother in the back.
Big Show, Sheamus and Mark Henry defeat Wade Barrett, William Regal and Drew McIntyre via pinfall The all English team Barrett formed begins with McIntyre going up against Henry. He charges right up and is hit with a club across the back. Henry overpowers him for a whole minute before making a tag to Sheamus. He comes in and works McIntyre for a little while himself before turning it over to Show and letting him do the same. As Regal is tagged in, he goes through the same process. He gets a little bit of offense in but Sheamus flattens him out with a hard clothesline. After Regal ducks from the Brogue Kick, however, he makes the tag to Barrett and he comes right in and takes the Celtic Warrior down. He beats him down for a minute or so before Sheamus hits a hard elbow to the face, leading to momentum swaying back in his favor. As Sheamus prepares for the Brogue Kick, however, McIntyre and Regal come into the ring only for Henry and Show to come in as well and charge right at them. All hell starts to break loose but Henry delivers the World's Strongest Slam to McIntyre, Show hits the Chokeslam to Regal and Sheamus blasts Barrett with the Brogue Kick. He hooks the legs up of Wade to get the three count.
As soon as Sheamus gets on his feet to celebrate, the signature Wyatt Family sound effect and titantron video plays. The lights flicker in the arena and The Wyatt Family appears on the titantron with the lantern lit. They remain silent before Bray speaks, "This Sunday upon the grandest stage of them all... Big Show, Mark Henry, Sheamus... they give The Wyatt Family a perfect burial site! Hahaha, and for that we thank you! We thank you for making it easy for us to put your careers to the graves and let your demons fade away! It shall be a brutal, but quick battle for us but... we offer you to join our family and back out now, my friends... join us and don't face the consequences! Follow the buzzards!" The titantron flickers a bit before coming back to full, Bray holding up the lantern. "We're here." He blows it out and the theme music of the family hits and they proceed to make their way out slowly from the back. They reach the bottom of the stage before blowing the lantern out once again, and the lights rise up with The Wyatt Family standing across from Show, Henry and Sheamus.
The two sides stare each other down before Bray Wyatt opens his arms up, dropping down to both knees. He offers the three to come join the family, and put this all away before it is too late. They all start to step forward slowly, only to throw shots at The Wyatts! Show pounds away at Bray, Henry at Harper and Sheamus at Rowan. They back the family up against the ropes and back off, charging forward at the same time with clotheslines to send them over the top rope and to the floor! The D.C. crowd gets behind them a bit as they storm around the ring, feeling accomplished. Bray rises onto one knee on the outside and begins to laugh while holding his jaw. He rises back up and lets Harper and Rowan re-join him, giving a final message to their WrestleMania opponents: "You were warned!"
Returning, a video for the WWE Be A Star program, featuring the likes of John Cena, Kaitlyn, The Miz and Bryan Danielson meeting with younger kids within a community about not being a bully, but being a star.
Beth Phoenix and AJ Lee with Natalya defeat Diva's Champion Kaitlyn and Layla via pinfall The match starts off with Beth and Kaitlyn and they go back and forth early on, each getting a lot of power moves and near falls. Kaitlyn ends up getting the first tag to Layla, but she is completely overpowered by Beth. She begins to make frequent tags with AJ until Layla manages to hit a roundhouse kick and make the tag to Kaitlyn. She charges right in and goes crazy with her clotheslines on Lee, until Natalya trips her up. The referee doesn't catch it thanks to a distraction from Phoenix, and Layla runs right at Natalya - taking her down with a clothesline! Kaitlyn goes for the spear on AJ but she moves out of the way and tags in Beth, kicking Kaitlyn in the stomach before letting Beth hit the Glam Slam and get the pinfall.
Phoenix is joined by Lee and Natalya in the middle of the ring and they start to mock Kaitlyn and Layla, only for the titantron to start airing footage of Ronda Rousey using her vicious armbar to break the arms of her fellow mixed martial arts women. After the video ends, Rousey comes running from the back and to the ring, causing Phoenix, Lee and Natalya to bolt from the ring! Rousey helps Kaitlyn and Layla back up and asks if they're all right, before hollering up the ramp - telling her opponents on Sunday there won't be any running that night!
Returning, the arena is darkened and the theme song of Chris Jericho hits. He comes out wearing a suit, receiving some very loud boos from the WWE Universe. He makes his way down to the ring where the light remains very dimmed. A spotlight dons upon Jericho as he holds a microphone in his hands, looking out to the Verizon Center. "Everybody in this arena and everybody watching at home... I ask you all for a moment of silence. A moment of silence for The Undertaker." The fans boo, not giving the request of silence that Jericho had asked for. "I asked for a moment of silence, and you boo? How disrespectful! But I shouldn't be surprised by all you ingrates." He continues to draw some heat as the lights raise up a bit, a casket being seen behind Jericho with pictures of The Undertaker all around it. "This, ladies and gentlemen, is the wake of The Undertaker! The wake before the funeral this Sunday at WrestleMania! The Dead Man has had a run over twenty WrestleMania events and it looks ever so nice to see twenty and zero in the win loss column. It is perfect... unfortunately for our dear, dear Undertaker..." He puts his hand on the casket, "That record will soon have a one. Not after the twenty, but in place of the zero. That's right! Twenty and one, not twenty one, twenty and one and that one will have the note that the man that put that there is none other than yours truly..." He adjusts his suit and gives a cocky smile. "Y2J: Chris Jericho!"
The crowd continues to boo sharply as Jericho walks around the casket, adjusting all the picture frames. He stays behind the casket and pulls the microphone up once again, "I defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock in the same night. I defeated and retired Shawn Michaels. I have won the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship on numerous occasions. I've also held the Intercontinental Championship more times than anybody else. Hell, I've done just about everything in this business and done it more than once while most can't even get one thing off their check list. I am the best in the world at what I do and what I will add to my Hall of Fame resume that should already be cemented is that I ended the streak at WrestleMania... of The Undertaker..." He gives another smile as the Washington D.C. continues with the heat, Jericho ignoring it. He puts his hand back on the casket, "And then Dead Man, you will be able to go away for ever. You will be able... to Rest... In... Pe-" Before he can finish, the lights go out and the signature bell tolls. The crowd goes nuts as the lights flicker back on, The Undertaker holding Jericho by the throat. He lifts the lid to the casket and raises Y2J off the mat, only to get a knee to the chin. Jericho drops down and throws the Dead Man face first off the bottom part of the casket before placing his head towards the front of it and slamming the lid down across the neck! He opens the casket the whole way and pushes off the ropes, coming back from the small space to deliver the Codebreaker! 'Taker staggers a bit and Jericho grabs a hold of an urn sitting off to the side and blasts the Dead Man right in the head with it! Undertaker falls right down into the casket and Jericho raises the urn above his head before dropping it to the outside of the ring, letting it crack open and all the ashes to fall out. He turns back to the casket and shuts the lid, spreading his arms out to the fans as they boo him loudly! "Has Chris Jericho already conquered the Dead Man!?" Michael Cole inquires on commentary, "Is this what will happen on Sunday at WrestleMania? The streak seems to be in as big of jeopardy as it ever has!" Y2J gives a deep stare into the main camera, the satisfied grin still on his face.
Christian defeats Dean Ambrose via pinfall The bell sounds and the two lock up early, Christian coming away with control only to give it right back to Ambrose. They go back and forth a little and Ambrose gets a couple of near falls before hitting an Inverted DDT, leading to another two count. He stomps away viciously at Christian and keeps him on the mat, and the referee has to hold him back - causing some more frustration from Dean. Christian gets back up and ducks a shot, leading to a momentum swing after he hits the Killswitch. He gets the two count but stays right on it. Ambrose puts up a little bit of a fight and goes for a crossbody off the top rope, only for Christian to catch him and roll right through back onto his feet, hitting a slam of the ribs to the knee. He stands back up and delivers the Killswitch a second time, getting the three count.
The crowd cheers Christian on as he gets back up onto his feet, fired up with his second win a row going into WrestleMania. He points to the WrestleMania sign up in the rafters and motions for the United States Championship around his waist. As he turns around, however, Jack Swagger and Ryback hit the ring and take down Christian. They go to toss him over the top rope but Christian struggles to stay in, and a whole group of superstars come rushing down to the ring: Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, The Miz, Wade Barrett, Evan Bourne, Damien Sandow and more. The entire group begins to throw each other over the ropes, leading to mass chaos.
The cameras proceed to pan to ringside and the commentary team talks about how we are just six days away from WrestleMania and the card is huge. They proceed to go over it. Dolph Ziggler vs Bryan Danielson for the World Heavyweight Championship; Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton; A Twenty Man Battle Royal for the Vacant United States Championship; The Wyatt Family vs Sheamus, Big Show and Mark Henry; Seth Rollins vs Rob Van Dam for the Intercontinental Championship; The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho; Beth Phoenix, AJ Lee and Natalya vs Kaitlyn, Layla and Ronda Rousey; Brock Lesnar vs The Rock in a No Holds Barred Match; John Cena vs CM Punk for the WWE Championship with Triple H as the special guest enforcer. Along with all of that, a fatal four way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championships on the pre-show, which can be seen along with ordering the pay-per-view and also on WWE.com and the official WWE YouTube page.
The theme song of Dolph Ziggler hits and the World Heavyweight Champion brings himself out from the back with his title belt over his shoulder. He comes down to the ring, seeming ready for a match but he takes a microphone from ringside first. "Six days away from my World Heavyweight Championship defense and I have to compete in a match against Rey Mysterio?" He shakes his head and gives a laugh, "Wow, if that isn't favoritism over Bryan Danielson then I don't know what is quite frankly. But you know what? I can stand here and complain all day about having to compete for no reason and I have every right and reason to do just that, but the fact of the matter is that I will defeat Rey tonight and I will definitely defeat Bryan this Sunday at WrestleMania." He goes to put the microphone down and get ready for the mach, but Danielson's music hits and the crowd roars. He makes his way down to the ring, working the crowd with 'Yes!' chants. He gets into the ring with a microphone in his hand and gives a big smile to Ziggler, whom isn't happy to see him at all. "Before I say anything else, Dolph, I'd just like to point out even if their was favoritism going on, the WWE would have good reason to do so because, well, listen to these people when I say... YES!" The Verizon Center explodes with chants of the word and Bryan begins to laugh. "But here is the thing... we've both been competing night after night, week after week and it is all fair game. Sure, you get one last match before you face me this Sunday but look on the bright side - you'll be a little more fresh... but whats to say you will walk into WrestleMania as World Heavyweight Champion anyway?" Ziggler asks what the hell he is talking about and Bryan raises up his Money in the Bank briefcase, causing the crowd to pop loudly. He dangles the briefcase and steps out of the ring, leading the 'Yes!' chants once again. He brings himself over to the announce table, prepared to join the team as Rey Mysterio's music hits, the match coming up next.
Rey Mysterio defeats World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler via disqualification in a non-title match Returning, the match has already began and Ziggler has things on the mat. He keeps Mysterio grounded so he can't do any of his fast paced and high flying moves. He finally brings Rey up and sets up for a suplex, only for Mysterio to slide right down and trip him right in between the ropes. He goes for an early 619 but Ziggler manages to move out of the way, take the legs and slam him face first onto the mat. Ziggler continues his control for the next few minutes and gets some near falls, even hitting the Zig Zag and getting a two count. A commercial break interrupts the match after Rey hits a hurricanrana to the outside of the ring. Upon the return, Mysterio is in control of the match still and is in the corner keeping Ziggler up against it. He uses some high flying moves and rocks Ziggler, getting some near falls. As Dolph is dazed enough, Mysterio once again attempts the 619 but Ziggler drops out of the ring and goes out of the ring. He moves off towards the time keeper and Rey follows after him, only for Dolph to spin around and drop him with the title belt! The official calls for the bell.
Ziggler starts to stumble around the ring but Danielson comes charging right at him, throwing him shoulder first into the barricade! He stomps away at him a bit before turning back around. He moves over to Mysterio to check down on him, but as he is doing so Ziggler gets right back up and charges right up behind Bryan and drops him with the Zig Zag on the hard floor! He mounts on top of him and starts to pound away with shots to the head. He pulls Danielson back up and raises him for a suplex before dropping him stomach first across the barricade. He then proceeds to deliver the Leg Drop bulldog with him still leaning across the barricade! Ziggler rises back up onto his feet and scoops up his World Heavyweight Championship. He raises it over his head and starts to mock Bryan with 'Yes!' chants of his own, causing the crowd to respond with 'No! No! No!'. Ziggler laughs as he backs around the ring with the momentum on his side heading into WrestleMania.
The cameras cut backstage to show Triple H and Stephanie McMahon walking down the halls as they will be bringing John Cena and CM Punk out for one final confrontation before their giant match on Sunday upon the grandest stage of them all - next!
Returning, the theme music of Triple H hits and the crowd erupts. He brings himself out along with his wife and the Commissioner, Stephanie McMahon. They come down to the ring together and each take a microphone, standing in the middle of the squared circle. Stephanie speaks up first, "This Sunday at WrestleMania we will have many great matches take place, all of which you have seen a sample of here tonight on one of the most jam packed episodes of Raw we have had in quite some time! But what we haven't gotten to yet is the main event match for the WWE Championship between two superstars whom are equally loved as they are hated, but also truly two of the biggest superstars in the history of this company. One man is the WWE Champion and the other is the 2013 Royal Rumble winner, and these two have rarely ever gotten into the ring with one another and this Sunday, we can guarantee it will be one hell of a match! To make sure things stay in order, my husband and the COO of this company will be the special guest enforcer." She smiles and turns to Triple H to begin speaking and he thanks her before stepping forward. "I want to make this very clear before we bring both of these superstars down to this ring... as the enforcer for this match on Sunday, my job is very simple: Make sure there is no outside interference. Make sure there is no foul play between the two men competing. And if the referee is unable to fulfill his duties, I shall step into his shoes. Now, some of you may think I have taken this position too far by making sure the best I can that these two don't get their hands on each other but that is the business part of me." He gives a nod to Stephanie and lets the crowd murmur before continuing, "This is one of the biggest matches in WrestleMania history. This is a match between the two biggest stars this company has today and I did not want either of these men injured before the official match, that is why I held off the best I can from these two getting their hands on each other and rest assured I will do that here tonight as well. When this Sunday comes, the chains are off and they can rip each others heads off for all I care! So without further ado ladies and gentlemen, lets get them out here..." He turns things back over to Stephanie.
"First, the challenger, he is the winner of the 2013 Royal Rumble match and the number one contender to the WWE Championship, CM Punk!" His music hits and the arena explodes with a mixture of cheers and boos as Punk comes out to the stage, looking around the Verizon Center before slowly making his way down the ring. He climbs onto the second turnbuckle and looks all around the arena yet again before stepping down into the ring, looking up and down at Triple H and Stephanie before moving off to one side of the ring, taking a microphone. Stephanie proceeds to announce the second, "And ladies and gentlemen, the reigning and defend WWE Champion - John Cena!" He comes out to the same, very loud mixed reaction as Punk and he marches across the stage, fired up. He throws his hands up and down and gives a salute to the camera before rushing down to the ring, pumping his title belt high up in the air to the fans before finally settling down on the opposite side of the ring as Punk, a microphone being given to him from ringside.
Punk and Cena stare right at each other as Triple H gives Punk the first opportunity to speak. He stares at Hunter momentarily before looking back at John, "You know, John, I don't know about you but I feel like this would be a lot better if you and me were in this ring alone. I'd rather not have some big nosed scumbag pulling me away to make sure I don't get in your face and tell you how it is." Cena immediately bursts forward and tells Punk to 'tell him how it is', but Triple H steps forward and says this is exactly why he is standing in the ring with them. Punk laughs as he has gotten under Cena's skin already, "I guess I can tell you how it is from a distance, and I guess I can tell you how it is with Hunter standing there as well. Look, John, let me make it very clear: I don't like you. I hardly even respect you. Hell, why should I? I am the Best in the World and I should be handed that championship instead you are the one being handed it time after time after time... and you know who is handing it to you? First, it was Vince. Now it's this guy." He proceeds to point to Triple H and raises his eyebrows, "He'll deny it! Oh, he'll deny it alright! Especially because this Sunday at WrestleMania I'd say the odds are pretty damn good he will do anything, and I mean anything, to make sure I don't walk out of there as WWE Champion." Triple H snaps and steps forward, telling Punk to back down and that he is just doing his job. Stephanie takes him by the arm and pulls him away, suggesting that they leave the ring and not let this get personal. After some side discussion, the duo leave the ring, allowing Punk and Cena to be alone. The crowd cheers as they stare each other down, finally in the ring alone for once. Punk pulls his microphone back up, "Now isn't that a lot better? It doesn't change anything, John, but if Hunter plans on taking your side and screwing me over I will not hesitate to lay not just you, but him out with all my might. You understand me?"
Cena takes a few steps forward and adjusts the title over his shoulder. "Oh yeah, Punk, I understand you. I hear you loud and clear. But the thing is, I don't play that game. I'm not the type of guy who tries to find the easy way out. I'm the type of guy who earns everything and you know that damn well, so don't be out here insulting my morals and my ethics, do YOU understand me?" He gets even closer to Punk before pulling the microphone up slowly in between them, "You keep making up these excuses and I know why. You're building a bridge for escape routes to go ahead and bitch if I do beat you this Sunday fair and square as I plan to do! Well you can go ahead and burn them right now because this match at WrestleMania is going to be straight up and if you do beat me, then you'll have the right to brag but lets get one thing straight right now, jack... you don't deserve to hold this belt. You never have and you never will because you don't show one ounce of respect to anybody in this business and you definitely don't show one ounce of respect to anybody out there!" He motions his hand out to the WWE Universe and they cheer loudly for the mention. The two stay quiet in the ring as the fans break out back in forth in chants of 'Lets go Cena!' and 'CM Punk!' The stare down continues and Cena pulls his microphone back up, "You hear that? You even have some people chanting for you despite all the disrespect you show... and that is because you are talented. Because people like to see you compete in this ring because I'll be damned if I don't say you are one hell of a competitor. This Sunday, all your disrespect with all your talking goes to bed. You have to put it up in the ring and you're very likely to give me a run for my money, yeah, but I'll be damned if I don't go down without the biggest fight of my life because you certainly don't deserve to be the WWE Champion with your attitude, Punk. So when we come down to this ring on Sunday. At MetLife Stadium. At WrestleMania... and Justin Roberts over there says that this match is for the WWE Championship, John Cena vs CM Punk, you better be ready to put up or shut up because every single day I wake up proud to be holding this belt and proud to say that I fight for every single one of these glorious fans, love me or hate me, THE CHAMP! IS! HERE!" He pumps the title belt up in the air and the two stare down once again, Punk smiling as Cena just keeps a straight, determined face while the crowd goes wild. The final show before WrestleMania 29 comes to a conclusion.
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